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Black and white photograph(1895) of the great elevator from the book, The Hackensack Water Company 1869 - 1969 by Adrian Leiby and Nancy Wichman. The caption reads: Steam elevator at Weehawken which lowered passenger-laden trolleys and other vehicles…

Undated black and white photo (c. 1892-1897) from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission showing the great steam elevator which lifted ferry passengers from the foot of the Palisades to a 900 foot railroad trestle where they could…

A brief video describing the amazing huge passenger elevator designed by Gustave Eiffel which connected the Weehawken waterfront and ferries to upper Weehawken, the Eldorado amusement park, and the North Hudson Railroad. (Thanks to Desiree Palma Sosa…