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Thy Woods and Templed Hills
Chapter from a history of West New York describing the Palisades and Ferry. 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, Palisades, Waterfront
Steam Elevator at Weehawken
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…
Tags: Elevator, Railroad, Waterfront
View of New York from Weehawken Heights, New Jersey
Engraving from Harpers New Monthly Magazine - Volume 69, Number 410 - July 1884. In those days, the Brooklyn Bridge was visible from Weehawken!
Tags: 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
Weehawken, N. Jersey
Engraving of Weehawken Bluff, with Highwood in the distance. In the foreground, two boats are engaged in transporting a large load of salt hay, a valuable crop used for insulation, construction and as packing material. Harvested in salt marshes, it…
Tags: Ships, Waterfront
Wagon Hoist, from Weehawken to West Hoboken, N.J.
Colored photo postcard of elevator for raising wagons up the Palisades to Weehawken Street in West Hoboken (now 19th Street, Union City). The elevator was built in 1874 by John H. Bonn's railroad company. Cars were 20 feet wide, 40 feet long and…
Tags: Ferries, Transportation, Waterfront
Railroad Has 72 Per Cent Grade
At Weehawken, New Jersey, there is one of the queerest railways ever built. It is a 300 ft. incline with a grade of 72 per cent. Cars 20 ft. wide and 40 ft. long capable of carrying a load of 50,000 lb. are used on the line. These cars are operated…
Tags: Railroad, Transportation, Waterfront
West Shore RR Terminal and Ferry
View from the river with a ferryboat at dock.
Tags: Ferries, Railroad, Waterfront
Matchbook - Union Dry Dock
Advertising matchbook for the Union Dry Dock & Repair Co., located on the Weehawken waterfront, adjacent to Pershing Road.
The company was incorporated in 1908 and later moved to Hoboken's waterfront.
Tags: Business, Waterfront
Train and Work Crews at the Bergen Tunnel
Black and white photograph. Work and train crews pose for the lensman circa 1883 shortly after the opening of the Bergen Tunnel. Rock blasted from the tunnel was used as fill on the riverfront to increase the size of the [railroad's] property.
From…
Tags: Railroad, Waterfront
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Ferry Boat, West Shore RR, Bound for Weehawken, NJ
Colored photo postcard view from the bow of a ferryboat bound for, actually, New York, if you look at the wake! Postmarked 1912. Published by the…