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From the New York Gazette: New Invention
Newspaper article from the New England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser - Number 28, Volume XLIX - Tuesday, October 5, 1819 - Published in Boston Article on a new horse powered ferry running from Spring Street Manhattan to Weehawken. A boat of 200…
Tags: Ferries, Transportation, Waterfront
Hillside Road from 42nd St. Ferry, Weehawken, N.J.
Colored photo postcard view of Hillside Road (aka Clifton Road, West Shore Ferry Road, Pershing Road). A trolley and tracks are visible on the right; Clifton/Columbia Street stairs are visible at left. Postmarked July 25, 1922 from West Hoboken.
Tags: Ferries, Trolleys, Waterfront
Interior of the NY Central Ferry Boat Albany
These two black and white photos show the interior of the New York Central Railroad ferry boat Albany some time in the 1930s, when it crossed the Hudson between New York and Weehawken. Note the ad for Eagan Business Schools, whose founder and…
Tags: Ferries, Railroad, Transportation
New York Central Ferry Stoney Point
Photograph of the New York Central Ferry Stoney Point at Weehawken found on the excellent RailFan web site.
Tags: Ferries, Railroad, Transportation
New York Central System Ferry Pass 1947-1948
Season ticket for the NYCRR Weehawken Ferry for 1947-1948
Tags: Ferries, Ferry, Railroad, Railroads, Transportation
New Yorker Cover - May 21, 1927
This New Yorker cover from 1927 features a Weehawken ferry coming from the city.
Tags: Ferries, Transportation
Old Weehawken Ferry
Chapter from a book on West New York on the Weehawken Ferry and its history.From - History of West New York, New Jersey by Walter T. Eichmann, PhD. - Published in 1948 by the Golden Jubilee Committee of WNY. Thanks to Bob Schwartz for finding this.
Tags: Ferries, Transportation, Waterfront
Palisades Railroad Time Table (reproduction)
A reproduction of the timetable (effective May 13, 1894) for trains of the Palisades Railroad running between Weehawken and Fort Lee and ferries between Weehawken and NYC (42nd Street and Franklin Street).
Tags: Ferries, Ferry, Railroad, Railroads, Railways, Transportation, Waterfront
Photo - Ferryboat Weehawken's last day - 1959
AP Wire Photo - March 24, 1959 - description from the photo:NEW YORK(NY25) NEW YORK MAR.24-END OF AN ERA APPROACHING- Its decks loaded with last day commuters from New Jersey, the New York Central's ferryboat Weehawken heads into its Hudson River…
Tags: Ferries, Ferry, Transportation, Waterfront
Photograph - Ferry Rammed by Car Float - 1929
News photograph dated December 23, 1929 captioned: Hudson River ferryboat rammed by car float - four hundred passengers landed safely. New York City -- The Ferryboat "West Point", operating between Weehawken, N.J. and West 42nd Street, New York, was…
Tags: Ferries, Transportation, Waterfront
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Obelisk Rocks, Palisades, Weehawken, N.J.
Colored photo postcard of rocks with a man standing on one, not in Weehawken. Postmarked June 20, 1914 from Weehawken.