Robins Dry Dock And Repair Company
Erie Basin dry dock (est. 1866) was a graving dock facility located at Erie Basin, Brooklyn, Erie Basin, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York City. There were at least two docks built, although only one remained into the 21st century. The dock contributed to making Red Hook the "center of the shipping industry in New York", and was part of Erie Basin's dry and shipping dock infrastructure, the largest in the city. It was the first graving dock in the United States. The dock had a complicated corporate history with many name changes, but during its heyday it was best known as the Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company in the early part of the 20th century, and then later Todd Shipyards until 1986. The last dock was paved over in 2008, for an IKEA store parking lot. History In 1864, William Beard and two associates of the Robins family purchased waterfront property in west Brooklyn. They built an artificially enclosed harbor with ship building and repair facilities lining the shore. Th ...
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