The project team salvaged and incorporated 425-foot long rail tracks along with structural columns from the sugar factory to serve as a backbone for the catwalk. New cantilevered steel framing supports a precast concrete walkway.
Spanning five block along the East River, this extensive waterfront park re-purposes salvaged artifacts from the Domino Sugar Refinery complex. These historical artifacts include screw conveyors, a bridge hoist, a crane platform, and four 36-foot-tall cylindrical syrup tanks, proud remnants of Williamsburg’s industrial past.
The park also features an elevated catwalk abutted on one end by two salvaged 80-foot-tall gantry cranes once used to unload raw sugar. The bright painted steel of the stabilized cranes now welcomes visitors to the park’s north entrance.
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Elevated Catwalk
Elevated Catwalk
The project team salvaged and incorporated 425-foot long rail tracks along with structural columns from the sugar factory to serve as a backbone for the catwalk. New cantilevered steel framing supports a precast concrete walkway.
Silman is currently working on the adaptive reuse of the historic 1880s Domino Sugar refinery building, which is intended for use as office space once complete.
