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Video - The Weehawken Passenger Elevator

Description

A brief video describing the amazing huge passenger elevator which connected the Weehawken waterfront and ferries to upper Weehawken, the Eldorado amusement park, and the North Hudson Railway Company.

Unfortunately, this video repeats the myth that Gustave Eiffel (he of Tower fame) designed the elevator. The elevator was actually designed by civil engineer Thomas E Brown Jr. based on specifications by Edward A. Trapp, engineer of the North Hudson Railroad Company.


(Thanks to Desiree Palma Sosa for sending in the link)

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Rights

This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial and other uses of the item are prohibited without prior written permission from the Weehawken Historical Commission.

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Video - The Weehawken Passenger Elevator

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Video

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https://youtube.com/shorts/oVUQOczYtUk?feature=share

Tag

Eldorado

Elevator

Waterfront