Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Jersey City, NJ: Railroad Ferry Terminals

(Satellite)

(Update: the photos specific to the CNJ terminal have been moved to the Communipaw Terminal notes. And photos specific to the DL&W Hoboken ferry terminal have been moved to here.)

Pennsy handled their freight to NYC from a dock further south. B&O handled their passengers to NYC here but their freight used a dock on Staten Island. Even NYC, which had mainland access to NYC, used ferries: West Shore Ferry Terminal and 69th Street Transfer.

I normally title an overview of a city's railroad scene as a Railroad Hub. But in this case, Jersey City is the eastern terminus of several railroads.
Neil Becker shared a post by Pete Klapper
Tommy Cooke: The PRR Greenville docks aren't included just 2 miles south of the CNJ

Except for the north part of Lackawanna Railroad, which is now Hoboken Terminal, these yards have been replaced with riverfront buildings and a park.

This map provides the railroad names for each terminal.
wikepedia-terminals, License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 

The Pennsy terminals were the eastern end of the original 1858 route. Exchange Place was the 5-track passenger terminal and provided ferry service to Manhattan. Harsimus Cove was the freight terminal. [Dennis DeBruler] In 1910, Pennsy completed its through route through New York City to Long Island and New England using the Portal Bridge, North River Tunnel and Hell Gate Bridge. That route is now Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. Pennsy also built the Greenville Yard further south that is a larger freight ferry service. Most of that yard is now an intermodal facility, but I see it still has a freight car ferry.
Satellite

Neil Becker shared Bob Gajewski's post
Tugboat pushing freight cars across the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan to Jersey City. 1959
Dennis Obren: Instead of developing a big port area in Jersey City, Hague made his deals and got paid huge sums to double handle and ship the RR cars across the river to the NY piers for export. Bayonne and Jersey City could've led the world in export and import shipping, and Ports Newark and Elizabeth more than likely wouldn't even exist. No sharp turns and bridges to worry about. Just go right up NY Bay and pull into port.

Beverly Gray Lewis posted
Daily life on the Morris Canal small and large basins with lots of sailboats, coal barges, horses and wagons, factories, trains entering the Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal. Jersey City. 1883

Neil Becker shared


Beverly Gray Lewis posted
Delaware Lackawanna train yards in Hoboken on the right before the terminal was built in 1907. The tracks were elevated then, on tall piles. Erie railroad yards and Pavonia Avenue on the left. Jersey City. 1883

Neil Becker shared

safe_image for The Railroad Helped Jersey City to Grow and Prosper


Sean Dynes posted
Lehigh Valley RR pier 1954.
Neil Becker shared
Rich Chapin: Jersey City
William Chaplik: All RR in that photo now Liberty Landing Marina for boats.

Neil Becker shared Jack Bobby Lou Mulreavy's post
Aerial view of CNJ Jersey City Ferry Terminal and yards plus Lehigh Valley piers as well.

Jack Bobby Lou Mulreavy updated
Nice, clear image of Communipaw Yards and Claremont in Jersey City NJ
 
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Railroad Yards in Jersey City • 1929!
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Bob Gajewski posted
Erie Railroad Company, Jersey City, New Jersey, ca. 1915
Raymond Storey shared

Bob Gajewski posted
Afternoon commuter trains at Erie’s Jersey City terminal, June 26, 1951.
J.B. Rail Photog posted

Jack Bobby Lou Mulreavy posted two images with the comment: "Rare atlas map of the CNJ's Black Tom Island terminal."
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Dennis DeBruler commented on Jack's post
Wow, a lot of landfill has been added since then. It is a good thing that Liberty Island and the original Ellis Island are fixed reference points or I would have had a hard time identifying that pier as todays Liberty State Park.
1955 Jersey City Quadrangle @ 1:24,000

ETH-Bibliothek ZΓΌrich, Bildarchiv / Fotograf: BΓ€rtschi, Hans-Peter / SIK_03-007507 / CC BY-SA 4.0, the link is from a commenty by Peter Christener on Port Authority Ferry: "Checkout this pic from the car float operation in NYC. I think, it's the East River. Singer Building can be seen in the skyline. http://doi.org/10.3932/ethz-a-000595627."







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