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According to Charlie Bradley of the wonderful RailFan web site, "this photo of New York Central L2d Mohawk 4-8-2 #2996, was taken on June 19, 1950. These engines were built in the early 20's. Note the Plaza, Grauert Causeway, and the soldiers and…

This photograph shows either the Bremen or the Main being scrapped on the Weehawken flats after it burned in the great Hoboken fire of June 30, 1900. This image is courtesy of Billy Rapacki, a Weehawken resident who spotted it at a yard sale.

This colored photo comes to us from Eileen Kelly whose father, Mark Kelly, worked for the New York Central's West Shore Railroad at night while he was still in High School (where he caught a few winks on occasion). One of Eileen's grandfathers,…

This etching, entitled New York from Weehawken was made in November 1949 by James McBey. Issued in an edition of 60, each print measuring 7 3/4 x 14 3/4". Permission to post this image was graciously provided by The Philadelphia Print Shop.

Section of a Universal Newsreel detailing a major pier fire at Weehawken in 1947.

This image of an 1882 painting by William R Miller, showing the New York Harbor from West Hoboken. It may also show the waterfront artist colony which used to be on the banks of the Hudson. Thanks to Willie Demontreux for this image.

This document and the accompanying photos were prepared by the National Park Service in 1983 and 1984 to document the status of the remains of the huge grain elevator on the waterfront north of Pershing Road in West New York.

This watercolor painting is by artist William R. Miller and shows a view of Staten Island from the Palisades in what was then West Hoboken.This image is used with the kind permission of Godel & Company Fine Art, New Yorkwww.godelfineart.com The…

Note for twenty five cents from the Weehawken Ferry Company, dated July 1862. The note states that it is Receivable for Ferriage or redeemable in current funds when presented in amounts of even dollars.

Pen and ink drawing of Hamilton Plaza by Weehawken artist Peter Fiordalisi, dated 1947. Peter Fiordalisi was born in Union City, N.J. in 1904 and resided in Weehawken and West New York, NJ until his death in 1988.