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• Wagon Lift - Hoboken

  This image shows what the Weehawken Wagon Lift would have looked like in use, as it lifted a complete horse drawn wagon up the Palisades. This photo was actually taken on the Hoboken lift, according to Willie Demontreux,
• Railroad Has 72 Per Cent Grade

  At Weehawken, New Jersey, there is one of the queerest railways ever built. It is a 300 ft. incline with a grade of 72 per cent. Cars 20 ft. wide and 40 ft. long capable of carrying a load of 50,000 lb. are used on the line. These cars are operated by 300 hp electric motors and make the ascent in one minute. Both passengers and vehicles are carried. Page from an unknown book (heading is Encyclopedia - page 206).
• Wagon Hoist, from Weehawken to West Hoboken, N.J.

  Colored photo postcard of elevator for raising wagons up the Palisades to Weehawken Street in West Hoboken (now 19th Street, Union City). The elevator was built in 1874 by John H. Bonn's railroad company. Cars were 20 feet wide, 40 feet long and capable of carrying a load of 50,000 lbs in one minute by means of a 300-horsepower electric motor.
• 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.