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List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City

List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City

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The following ferries once crossed the North 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]

Depiction of first steam ferry from Paulus Hook
North River ferry
The Public Service Corporation-operated Edgewater, running from Edgewater Ferry Terminal to 125th Street (Manhattan) in 1941

Row and Sail

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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 The Juliana, running from Barclay Street, was withdrawn from service, as announced, in favor of the "more convenient" horse boat.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

Map of the Hudson River ferries to Lower Manhattan, 1879
Erie-Lackawanna ferries docked at Hoboken Terminal on September 3, 1965
Christopher Street end of the Hoboken Ferry
The Binghamton travelled between Hoboken and Manhattan, was subsequently used as a floating restaurant, before being scrapped in 2017.
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See also

References

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    "Ferries Are the Wave of the Future | Metro US". Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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    http://www.worldshipny.com/images/nyc2wslweehawken.jpg [bare URL image file]
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    Eftimiades, Maria (December 24, 1989). "Ferryboats Again Becoming a Familiar Sight Along Hudson". The New York Times. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    Baxter, Raymond J.; Adams, Arthur G. (February 18, 1999). Railroad Ferries of the Hudson: And Stories of a Deckhand. Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823219544. Retrieved February 18, 2019 – via Google Books.
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    A brief history of Harsimus Cove Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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    History of the Hudson River Ferries Archived March 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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    Washington Heights history Archived August 7, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Tubby Hook
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    "Closter Dock Road Historical Marker". Hmdb.org. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    "Railway World". Vol. 30. April 24, 1886. p. 388. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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    Stevens, A.E. (1897). "Origin and development of the ferryboat". Marine Engineering/Log. 1. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
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    Kenneth T. Jackson: The Encyclopedia of New York City: The New York Historical Society; Yale University Press; 1995. p. 398-400
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    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
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    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
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    "The History Box -Evolution of the Ferry-Boat 1692-1890". Thehistorybox.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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    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
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    Magazine, Harlem World (September 10, 2018). "The 125th Street Ferry And Station, Harlem, NY, 1903-1941". Harlem World Magazine. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

Bibliography

  • Brian J. Cudahy, Over and Back: The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor
  • Arthur G. Adams, The Hudson Through the Years
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