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Weehawken Ferry and Tugboat in the Hudson -1950s
Two scanned negatives of photos stated to be from the 1950s showing a Weehawken Ferry and tugboat on the Hudson River between Weehawken and New York City.
Tags: Ferries, Ferry, Transportation, Waterfront
Photo - Weehawken Grain Elevator at Pier 7 after explosion caused by German saboteurs during WW I
1915 photograph of the Weehawken Pier 7 grain elevator built by the New York Central Railroad. According to an article in the NY Times from September 11, 1901, this was the largest grain elevator in the world at that time, holding a whopping…
Tags: Railroad, Railroads, Waterfront
Video - The Weehawken Passenger Elevator
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…
Tags: Eldorado, Elevator, Waterfront
Postcard - West view from the Empire State Building, New York City
While some people will be looking at the small town in the foreground of this photo, those in the know will concentrate their attention on the far shore which contains a view of Weehawken's waterfront in 1983.
Tags: 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
Postcard - Palisades at 42nd Street Ferry, Weehawken, NJ
Views of Weehawken waterfront, trolley, Karl Bitter's studio and a sign advertising "Highwood Park" at the top of the Palisades.
Tags: Ferries, Ferry, Karl Bitter, Palisades, Transportation, Waterfront
Postcard - Hudson River from the Palisades
Photograph of the Hudson from the Palisades with a three masted sailing ship in view.
Tags: Waterfront
NY Central Freight and Passenger Railway
Scanned photograph of the NY Central Freight and Passenger railyards, taken in 1946.
Tags: Railways, Waterfront
Pier K, Weehawken - 1946
Scan of black and white photograph of Pier K, looking south towards lower Manhattan. Pier K was part of the NY Central Railway system.
The image was taken from the top of the Palisades.
The image was taken from the top of the Palisades.
Tags: Pier K, Waterfront
West Shore Ferry - 1946
Scan of black and white photograph of the West Shore Ferry terminal, looking across to New York City. The photograph was taken in July, 1946.
Tags: Ferries, Waterfront
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Boulevard Loop and Bitters Atelier, and Castle Highwood Park, Weehawken, NJ
Color postcard photograph of the Hudson Boulevard loop (today's Boulevard East) looking north. In the foreground on the east side are the Meister…