Hudson Riverfront 9/11 Memorial, Weehawken, New Jersey - 9/11 Memorial Sites on Waymarking.com

The memorial includes two trident-shaped beam recovered from the World Trade Center (WTC) set vertically into an infinity pool, a fountain, and a commemorative plaques. The beams stand 30 feet (9.1 m) feet tall and at the top are 8 feet (2.4 m) wide. They weigh 50,000 pounds. They serve as visual reference to the parts buildings that withheld and outlasted the damage; Seating at the oval shaped park orients the viewer to the site of the former buildings in Lower Manhattan.

Tridents
An iconic architectural feature of exterior of WTC was three-pronged decorative and structural elements at its base, commonly referred to as "tridents", for their three-tine fork-like shape. The tridents were formed by massive steel beams rising from the base of the towers along the exterior walls. At the seventh story, the aluminum-clad beams divided into three smaller beams that continued to the 110th floor of each tower. They were produce Lukens Steel Company, and nicknamed "trees". After the attacks, several sections of the towers' lower facade remained standing. They were eventually dismantled and stored in Hangar 17 at JFK Airport along with other artifacts. The beams had to be cut into lengths of 30 feet (9.1 m) to fit onto trucks to be carted off the WTC site.

One trident is at the entrance of the Terrorist Screening Center in Vienna, Virginia. Two of the tridents have been re-assembled in the interior of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. Others have been returned to Coatesville, Pennsylvania, where they were manufactured, as a memorial at the National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum.

Significance:
Thousands of people were transported across the Hudson River by commercial ferry boats, tug boats, police and fire boats and passenger vessels in the maritime evacuation of Lower Manhattan. Hundreds, including injured emergency personnel, office workers and civilians, were severely burned, injured or emotionally traumatized. The memorial's location near Weehawken Port Imperial was a site where approximately 60,000 people were brought (mostly by NY Waterway and Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises boats) and a triage was quickly established.
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Date of Dedication: 09/07/2011 Private or Public Monument?: Other Text on the memorial: In honor of the nearly 3,000 people who perished in the attack of September 11, 2001, including five Weehawken residents: Juan Pablo Alvarez Cisneros 23, Eric Brian Evans 31, Christopher Stuart Gray 32, Peter Anton Klein 35, Robert Anthony Vicario 40. “The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.” President John F. Kennedy Physical address of memorial: Lincoln Harbor 985 Harbor Blvd. Weehawken, NJ 07086 Website for more information: [Web Link] Name of organization that built the memorial: Not listed Additional coordinates: Not Listed

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