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Steamboat Bill - The Weehawken and West Shore Ferries 6 page article from Steamboat Bill, the Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America - Summer 1959 describing the history of ferries in Weehawken on the occasion of the ending of ferry service. -
Photograph - Weehawken Ferry Boat Circa 1914 Black and white photo of a ferry boat in Weehawken, circa 1914. -
Train Ticket - Kaaterskill Junction to Weehawken Train ticket from Kaaterskill Junction in the Catskills to Weehawken. A dollar five bought you a journey from Kaaterskill Junction to our fair city. -
Railroad Porter Check - Buffalo to Weehawken This railroad ticket stub was stamped December 22, 1898 and shows that a trip from Buffalo to Weehawken would have set you back the princely sum of $2.00. -
Weehawken Ferry Ticket Ticket good for one trip between Weehawken and the 42nd Street ferry terminal in NYC. -
Lincoln Tunnel Promo Matchbooks Four Lincoln Tunnel promotional matchbook covers, circa late 1930s-early 1940s. At the opening of the first tube of the tunnel, there was a good bit of traffic, but the as the novelty wore off, it slowed, as people were not accustomed to using cars to go to New York. These matchbooks encouraged New Jerseyans to think of a speedy tunnel ride to their destinations. -
West Shore Depot and Water Front, Weehawken NJ Hand colored photo postcard view of the waterfront and rail yards from atop the Palisades. Update - 7-3-2004: Willie Demontreux points out that the photo on this postcard seems to have been printed backwards. You need to flip it horizontally for it to make sense. Here is a flipped version showing the correct perspective. Postmarked in 1925 from North Bergen. -
Lincoln Tunnel between Weehawken, NJ and New York Color photo postcard view of the south tube of the Lincoln Tunnel. 8215 feet long from portal to portal, 4600 feet of the tube is under the river. Maximum depth from river surface to the top of the tunnel is 75 feet. Note who is listed first here... as well as the quaint sign reading Dont Sound Horn on the left. -
West Shore Railroad Ticket Part of the New York Central railroad system, the West Shore passed right through Weehawken. -
Bus Time Table - Weehawken to New York A 1939 time table for bus service from Weehawken and Union City and other points in NJ to New Yorks Astor Terminal at 220 West 45th Street. -
Weehawken Ferry Monthly Pass October 1887 Commuter monthly pass, dated 1887, belonging to a G. Ward. who used this pass to cross the Hudson from Weehawken to New York City. Date stamped on reverse, Sep 30, 1887. West Shore Railroad, NYC & HRRR CO, Lessee, Office of General Superintendent. -
Conquest of the Palisades Article by Al Mankoff from Electric Lines Magazine, March/April 1992 on the history of railroads and trolleys on the Palisades. Lots of great pictures, including the giant elevators! - 7 pages. -
West Shore RR Tunnel, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ Colored postcard of the West Shore railroad tunnel, parallel to 48th Street into the Palisades that comes out in North Bergen, just west of Tonnelle Avenue, now the Hudson Bergen Light Rail station. Postmarked September 14, 1908 from Weehawken. -
Approach to Lincoln Tunnel, Jersey City, NJ Undated black and white photo postcard of what is clearly the helix approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, NJ, not Jersey City. The Mayrose Publishers, New York. -
No. 23 - Loop from 14th Street Ferry to West Hoboken, NJ A black and white undivided photo postcard showing a view looking northeast from about 14th Street viaduct and Palisade Ave. of the streetcar (trolley) loop. Postmarked January 23, 1908 from Jersey City. -
Weehawken NJ Showing West Shore RR Hand colored photo postcard view of the railroad yards, ferry and the Pier 7 Grain Elevator from the Palisades. Postmarked July 5, 1913 from Weehawken -
Wagon Elevator, Weehawken to Jersey City, NJ Colored photo postcard of the wagon elevators that used to take fully loaded horse drawn wagons from the waterfront up to upper West (now Union City.) The card is mislabeled. One car is on the way up and the other on the way back down. Postmarked May 3, 1912 from Jersey City. -
Ferry Boat, West Shore RR, Bound for Weehawken, NJ Colored photo postcard view from the bow of a ferryboat bound for, actually, New York, if you look at the wake! Postmarked 1912. Published by the Union News Company, New York, NY. -
Palisades and Public Service Trolley to Weehawken, NJ Colored photo postcard of Hillside Road (today's Pershing Road), the Palisades and trolley route to the 42nd Street Ferry Terminal. Postmarked from New York, NY -
Along the West Shore RR Weehawken, NJ Black and white undivided photo postcard of the Weehawken bluff with railroad tracks running along the bottom. Karl Bitter's home is seen at the top of the Palisades. Postmarked October 24, 1906 from New York, NY -
No. 3 - Road up Palisades to Union Hill, NJ Undivided black and white photo postcard of road, horse drawn carriage, and train tracks up the Palisades. The road has been called Clifton Road, Hillside Road, and most recently, Pershing Road. Postmarked November 26, 1905 from Hoboken. -
Trolley Car Descending the Palisades to 130th Street Ferry, Edgewater, NJ Black and white undivided photo postcard, in Edgewater, not Weehawken, but a close by look at the trolley tracks along the Palisades. Not postmarked, but dated August 24, 1906. -
The Helix Colored photo postcard of an aerial view of the Helix connecting the Lincoln Tunnel and Route 495. -
New Jersey Entrance to Lincoln Tunnel between Weehawken and New York City Linen colored postcard view of the tollbooths and entrance to the tunnel in the mid-1940s. Postmarked October 3, 1947 from New York, NY.