The Cuban Ledge, New York

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The Cuban Ledge, New York is a reef composed chiefly of sand and small rocks in Eastchester Bay, the Bronx, in Long Island Sound.

The reef was allegedly created when a large barge carrying sand and gravel ran aground on a shoal. A salvage crew was mounted there and the barge was rescued, but much of the sand and gravel it was carrying needed to be removed in order to aid the rescue. The workers dumped the sand and rock overboard to get the barge off the shoal. The dumped cargo formed a small man-made reef which is visible at low tide.

The barge may have been of Cuban registration or ownership, which is how Cuban Ledge derived its name. Also, it was said that there was a fad at the time to name everything "Cuban" because the incident occurred in the time of the Spanish American War.

It is used by local fishermen not only for fishing, but for digging for worms at low tide.

[edit] See also

• The Pelham Islands
• Eastchester Bay

[edit] External links

• Google maps

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