File:Manhattan from ferry gate; suspended gangways upper left and upper right. - Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City HAER NJ,9-JERCI,4-15.tif

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Manhattan from ferry gate; suspended gangways upper left and upper right. - Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
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Herbert L. Githens
Title
Manhattan from ferry gate; suspended gangways upper left and upper right. - Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Avenue at Hudson River, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Description
English: View of Lower Manhattan with the Twin Towers, from the former Jersey City Ferry Terminal of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, located on the Hudson River in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Photograph (c.1970s): HAER−Historic American Engineering Record images of New Jersey. HAER
Significance
The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the last vestige of the huge harborside railroad development of the Jersey City shoreline in the 19th and 20th centuries.LOC
  • Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1914 Subsequent Work
Depicted place New Jersey; Hudson County; Jersey City
Date 1981
date QS:P571,+1981-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER NJ,9-JERCI,4-15
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0195.photos.113251p
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