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Photograph - Submarine Under Construction in Weehawken
I am still researching this one, but I have been told that this is a newspaper photo of the building (in Weehawken) of a submarine for treasure hunting in 1937. I will be researching this - any info would be appreciated.
Tags: Transportation, Waterfront
Photograph - Weehawken Ferry Boat Circa 1914
Black and white photo of a ferry boat in Weehawken, circa 1914.
Tags: Ferries, Transportation
Steamboat Bill - The Weehawken and West Shore Ferries
6 page article from Steamboat Bill, the Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America - Summer 1959 describing the history of ferries in Weehawken on the occasion of the ending of ferry service.
Tags: Ferries, Transportation
Union City Entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, Union City NJ
Black and white photo postcard looking east of a very traffic free view of 495 just to our west - those were the days!
Tags: Lincoln Tunnel, Transportation
Chiquita Bananas Travel NYC
Article from the April, 1953 issue of the New York Central Railroad Headlight Newsletter featuring the Banana Building on the Weehawken waterfront... Text of the article: BIG BUNCHES OF BANANAS, CALLED STEMS: ARE STACKED GENTLY IN REFRIGERATOR CARS…
Tags: Railroad, Transportation, Waterfront
Gigantic Passenger Elevator of the North Hudson County Railway
Article and engravings from Scientific American - October 31 1891 describing and showing the giant elevator that brought ferry loads of passengers to the railway at the top of the Palisades.
Includes a drawing of the Eldorado!
Tags: Eldorado, Railroad, 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
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
New Jersey Approach to the Midtown Hudson Tunnel
Black and white photo postcard of a model of the Weehawken side toll plaza of the Lincoln Tunnel, before it was called the Lincoln Tunnel. Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co., Inc.
Tags: Lincoln Tunnel, Transportation
Submarine Inventor Simon Lake in Weehawken
Black and white photograph (1937) of Simon Lake, submarine inventor against the background of the Palisades in Weehawken.
Tags: People, Ships, Transportation
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Conquest of the Palisades
Article by Al Mankoff from Electric Lines Magazine, March/April 1992 on the history of railroads and trolleys on the Palisades. Lots of great…