With over two hundred historical photographs, Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City explores the cultural and commercial effects of railway travel in two important New Jersey cities. Because of their unique location directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, Hoboken and Jersey City have long been centers of transportation activity. When the railway industry was booming in the early twentieth century, four major passenger terminals dotted the left bank of the Hudson from the Jersey Central to the Pennsylvania to the Erie to the Lackawanna. Thousands of people streamed through these terminals every day to the ferries that then took them across the river to New York City. Additionally, tons of freight were brought through the vast train yards along the waterfront. ÝÝRailroads of Hoboken and Jersey City tells the history of the railroads between the mid-1800s and the 1970s. It also explores how the once vibrant waterfronts of Hoboken and Jersey City went through tremendous decline and how, over time, the waterfront has been restored and redeveloped. New residential and commercial buildings have sprouted along the old Pennsylvania and Erie properties, the Lackawanna Terminal has been restored, and the Central Railroad Terminal is now part of Liberty State Park, one of New Jerseyís most popular tourist destinations. ÝÝ
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A native of Jersey City, Kenneth French is also the author of Jersey City, 1940ñ1960: The Dan McNulty Collection. He is the librarian at St. Peterís Preparatory School and the former head librarian at the New Jersey Room of the Jersey City Public Library. A longtime supporter of the preservation of local historic sites, such as the Loewís Jersey Theater, the Apple Tree House, and the Bergen Arches, Kenneth French is pleased to present this look at the railroads in Jersey City and Hoboken.
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For the price, I was expecting a higher quality book. While the photos are very interesting, it is hard to enjoy them to the fullest because their resolution is low due to the poor quality paper used in the book (the paper is not the high-quality glossy coated paper but a rough, cheap-feeling paper). The photo captions point out things that are not discernible in the photos.
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Although only the Lackawanna terminal in Hoboken is visible in the foreground in this contemporary view, nearly this entire waterfront was once dominated by the railroads. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
freight tracks, ferry building, train sheds, postcard shows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Railroad, Journal Square, New York, Grove Street, Johnston Avenue, Lehigh Valley, Railroad Avenue, Exchange Place, Pennsylvania Railroad, Hudson River, Jersey Central, Liberty State Park, New Jersey Transit, Jackson Avenue, Public Service, Newark Avenue, Statue of Liberty, West Street, World War, Ellis Island, Holland Tunnel, Port Authority, Summit Avenue Station, World Trade Center, Dickinson High School New!
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Although only the Lackawanna terminal in Hoboken is visible in the foreground in this contemporary view, nearly this entire waterfront was once dominated by the railroads. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
freight tracks, ferry building, train sheds, postcard shows Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Railroad, Journal Square, New York, Grove Street, Johnston Avenue, Lehigh Valley, Railroad Avenue, Exchange Place, Pennsylvania Railroad, Hudson River, Jersey Central, Liberty State Park, New Jersey Transit, Jackson Avenue, Public Service, Newark Avenue, Statue of Liberty, West Street, World War, Ellis Island, Holland Tunnel, Port Authority, Summit Avenue Station, World Trade Center, Dickinson High School New!
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books:
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) by Patrick B. Shalhoub in Front Matter
- Rails Under the Mighty Hudson: The Story of the Hudson Tubes, the Pennsylvania Tunnels, and Manhattan Transfer (Hudson Valley Heritage Series) by Brian J. Cudahy in Back Matter
- Jersey Central Lines in Color, Vol. 2 by William J. Brennan in Back Matter
- The Late, Great Pennsylvania Station by Lorraine B. Diehl in Back Matter
- The Hudson River (Rivers of North America) by Ian Wood on page 27
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