List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City
The following ferries once crossed the North River (Hudson River) between New York City and New Jersey. There was no ferry service between 1967[1][2] and 1989, when it was restarted by New York Waterway.[3]
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Row and Sail
Name | Manhattan end | New Jersey end | Operated | Notes |
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Bulls Ferry | Bulls Ferry | 18th century | Bergen Township | |
Communipaw | Fort Amsterdam | Communipaw ferry | 1661-[4][5] | charter granted by Peter Stuyvesant, Director-General of New Netherland |
Budd's Ferry[6] | Cortlandt Street | Harsimus | 1808–1818 | |
Weehawken Ferry[7] | Weehawken Street? | Weehawken Cove? | 1700- | royal patent from Richard Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont |
Burdett's Landing | Bloomingdale | Edgewater Fort Lee |
1758- | Hackensack Township |
Tubby Hook Ferry[8] | Dyckman Street | Closter Dock?[9] | ||
Horse ferries
Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824. They were of eight horse-power and crossed the rivers in from twelve to twenty minutes."[10]
In 1812, two steam boats designed by Robert Fulton were placed in use in New York, for the Paulus Hook Ferry from the foot of Cortlandt Street, and on the Hoboken Ferry from the foot of Barclay Street. The Juliana, running from Barclay Street, was withdrawn from service, as announced, in favor of the "more convenient" horse boat. It is almost certain, however, that this retrograde step was taken because of the monopoly enjoyed by Mssrs. Fulton and Livingston for the navigation of the waters of New York State by steam.[11]
Steam
See also
References
- ↑ https://www.metro.us/news/local-news/new-york/ferry-service-nyc-penner
- ↑ https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.worldshipny.com/images/nyc2wslweehawken.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.worldshipny.com/elferry.shtml&h=432&w=610&sz=70&tbnid=Dwhtjdsa5ihetM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=136&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnorth%2Briver%2Btunnels%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=north+river+tunnels&hl=en&usg=__zKxkld8xOw2H9T8LWqaJd2VhvhY=&sa=X&ei=21qKT9CaOubA0QW3_4XSCQ&ved=0CCcQ9QEwBQ
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/24/nyregion/ferryboats-again-becoming-a-familiar-sight-along-hudson.html?scp=22&sq=Pier%2011&st=cse
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=WaDY5i7D-3gC&pg=PA46
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/24/nyregion/ferryboats-again-becoming-a-familiar-sight-along-hudson.html?scp=1&sq=Ferryboats%20Again%20Becoming%20a%20Familiar%20Sight%20Along%20Hudson&st=cse
- ↑ A brief history of Harsimus Cove Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ History of the Hudson River Ferries Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
- 1 2 Washington Heights history Archived August 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Tubby Hook
- 1 2 Closter Dock Road
- ↑ "Railway World". 30. 1886-04-24. p. 388. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- 1 2 Stevens, A.E. (1897). "Origin and development of the ferryboat". Marine Engineering/Log. 1. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. P. 398-400.
- ↑ Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand, by, Raymond J. Baxter, Arthur G. Adams, pg. 46 ,1999, Fordham University Press, 978-0823219544
- ↑ History of the County of Hudson, New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Charles Hardenburg Winfield, pg. 243-246, Kennard & Hay Stationery M'fg and Print. Company, 1874
- ↑ http://thehistorybox.com/ny_city/nycity_evolution_ferry_boats_article00335.htm
- ↑ Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand, by, Raymond J. Baxter, Arthur G. Adams, pg. 70-80 ,1999, Fordham University Press, 978-0823219544
- Brian J. Cudahy, Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor
- Arthur G. Adams, The Hudson Through the Years
External links
- Hudson County Public Transportation 1926
- World Shipping
- A Compilation of the Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1860
- A Compilation of the Existing Ferry Leases and Railroad Grants Made by the Corporation of the City of New York, 1866
- History of the Hudson River Ferries
- Brooklyn Eagle Alamanac describing available service
- Courtcase 1897 describing traffic