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| Postcards from old New York posted Pier 13, North River, New York City 1936 Margot Sheehan: I've never seen this. I assume it's a ferry terminal to the Lackawanna station on the other side. I cannot place Pier 13 in my mind's eye but it must be way down there. Robert DiFiore: Margot Sheehan No this was for freight only. There were 3 ferry terminals on the Manhattan side, at Barclay St, Christopher St and 23 St. Henry Tchop: Interesting to see both motor trucks and horse drawn wagons. Charlie Burger: Henry Tchop back in the 1950's there were still quite a few horse drawn wagons believe it or not. Especially on the west side of Manhattan. Doug Douglass: PIer 13 along West Street was just south of Dey Street, near Fulton. [I think this was the Communipaw Ave Jersey City Ferry.] Jordan Douglass Barclay shared [getty has a caption of description of "The Starin Transportation Lines, Lackawanna Railroad Freight Station, Pier 13, North River, New York City, New York, USA, Berenice Abbott, Federal Art Project, 'Changing New York', April 1936."] Dave Pember posted Old Station Brian Jordan: Huh...Looks like a passenger car. |
The building across West Street from the freight station appears to be today's Verizon Corporate Office, which is in the northeast quadrant of West and Vesey Streets. So, today's ferry terminal is near the end of the former Pier 13.
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| nypl, 1951 Pier 13, East River, Side View |
I wonder when the freight station was rebuilt, and when Verizon's building was built.
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| cronobook, NYPL Digital Archives, 1930 |
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| nypl, 1951 |
The DL&W station is on the far left.
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| Philip Wilentz posted West Street looking north from Cortlandt Street, Pier 13, Starin Line pier and Lackawanna & Western Railroad pier visible. I recall taking a ferry from this pier as a child to connect to the Lackawanna Railroad in New Jersey 1905 George P. Hall NYHS collections Frank Herrling: Rode the DL&W ferries with my dad back in the '50s, and by myself with buddies in the early '60s before that chapter was ended. |
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| Paul Parisi commented on Philip's post I’m surprised the telephones poles are still up and no automobiles. Makes me think the photo was earlier than 1905 [I'm not surprised. Cars, or trucks in this case, are rather rare even in the 1910s. They become dominate in the 1920s.] Robert O'Brien: The broad expanse of West Street was called the Farm by the longshoreman. dcmny, Photographer: Geo. P. Hall & Son "Manhattan: West Street looking north from Cortlandt Street, undated [ca. 1900-1905]. Starin Line and Lackawanna & Western Railroad pier, American Line pier, and Pennsylvania Railroad passenger station visible." Part of Collection: New-York Historical Society, Photographs of New York City and Beyond |
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| dcmny |
This shows how the boxcars on barges are lined up with the freight doors.
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| pastvu. P. L. Sperr photo, 1931 |
DL&W had another station further north. This photo also shows how the boxcars were placed next to the freight doors.
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| nypl, 1951 "Lackawanna Railroad and Coal Company at Pier 41, North River" |
Since Erie and DL&W merged, I also note the Erie freight station at Pier 48.
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| nypl, 1951 |
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| 1947/47 Jersey City Quad @ 24,000 |
The DL&W ferry was one of two ferries that lasted into the 1960s.
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| 1967/69 Jersey City Quad @ 24,000 |
By 1981, the landfill that we see today had already happened.
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| 1981/82 Jersey City Quad @ 24,000 |
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