photo Gallery Demo of a former warehouse begins at the site of HTP's converter station in Ridgefield, NJ. (May 2011) Demo and site prep progress in Ridgefield. (June 2011) Transformer bays are formed and framing of the valve hall is underway. (April 2012) Installation of the switch yard equipment nears completion. (June 2012) Assembly of the thyristor modules inside the valve hall. (Nov. 2012) Hudson's Back-to-Back Converter Station. (June 2013) Drilling the cable path under NYC's West Side Highway to the Hudson River. (June 2011) Traffic passes smoothly along W. 52nd Street while HDD operations prepare the path for HTP's cable installation. (July 2011) Seemingly indifferent to Hudson construction activities, a working horse pulls his carriage along W. 52nd Street in Manhattan. (June 2011) Major work at West Side Highway is complete and construction area on W. 52nd Street has been restored. (Dec. 2012) Prior to installation under 12th Avenue, conduit is attached to a drill head aboard a barge in the Hudson River. (Sept. 2011) The submarine cables arrive in New York, transported from Italy in custom fitted carousels on board the cable lay ship Giulio Verne. (Nov. 2011) The cable laying ship at work in the Hudson River with Manhattan’s West Side Highway in the background. (November 2011) The cable burial hydro-plow is lowered into the Hudson River. (Nov. 2011) HTP's marine cable Installation is complete and the Giulio Verne exits NY harbor. (January 2012)