Soissons Dock (ferry slip)
142 Carder Road | also 140 Carder Road | Governors Island | built 1900
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1918
The 16th Regiment attacks near Soissons, and the island's ferry landing is later named for it
On July 18, 1918, the Army's 16th Regiment attacked German forces near Soissons, France, and lost 1,734 men as casualties, 57 percent of its strength. After the war the Governors Island ferry landing was named Soissons Dock to commemorate the regiment's preparations for that attack. A plaque on the nearby ferry waiting room, Building 148, explains the name.
“…this landing was named Soissons Dock in commemoration of the preparations of the 16th Regiment for an attack on German forces near Soissons, France, on July 18, 1918…”
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