Items

• NYC Side of the Weehawken Ferry

  Film of commuters at the New York City side of the Weehawken ferry in the late 1920s or 1930s.
• Weehawken Ferry and Tugboat in the Hudson -1950s

  Two scanned negatives of photos stated to be from the 1950s showing a Weehawken Ferry and tugboat on the Hudson River between Weehawken and New York City.
• Trolley from the Weehawken / 42nd Street Ferry

  Photo (from a negative) of a trolley car coming up from Weehawken to NYC 42nd Street Ferry on Pershing Road. The seller of this photo states that it was taken in 1949.
• Lithograph - Weehawken Ferry - Fermin Rocker

  Lithograph of commuters exiting the Weehawken Ferryboat Catskill on foot and in their cars signed by artist Fermin Rocker.We do not have a date for this, but the clothes and cars look like they would date to the late 1940s or 1950s.
• Photo - Ferryboat Weehawken's last day - 1959

  AP Wire Photo - March 24, 1959 - description from the photo:NEW YORK(NY25) NEW YORK MAR.24-END OF AN ERA APPROACHING- Its decks loaded with last day commuters from New Jersey, the New York Central's ferryboat Weehawken heads into its Hudson River slip at 42nd Street today. Looking at the approaching ferry is breidgeman Daniel Jaeger who has been on the job for 14 years.  Service, started in 1829 by a company using paddlewheel boars and taken over by the New York Central (railway) in 1885, ends tonight.  Central officials said that huge losses in running the ferries forced them to close down the service.  The 5,000 commuters using it daily will have to find other means of transportation. (APWirephoto)1959
• Postcard - Palisades at 42nd Street Ferry, Weehawken, NJ

  Views of Weehawken waterfront, trolley, Karl Bitter's studio and a sign advertising "Highwood Park" at the top of the Palisades.
• West Shore Ferry - 1946

  Scan of black and white photograph of the West Shore Ferry terminal, looking across to New York City. The photograph was taken in July, 1946.
• New York Central System Ferry Pass 1947-1948

  Season ticket for the NYCRR Weehawken Ferry for 1947-1948
• West Shore Ferry Terminal

  Black and white photograph, looking northeast towards the West Shore Ferry Terminal, with its 5 ferry boats in their slips. Behind are long storage piers belonging to the West Shore Railroad.
• West Shore R. R. Ferry House at Weehawken, NJ

  Colored postcard of the West Shore Railroad Ferry Terminal taken from a ferry on its way to New York. The reverse is blank. Published by the Union News Company, New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• Electric Ferry Advertising Ink Blotter

  Undated advertising card for the Electric Ferry which ran between Boulevard East in Weehawken and West 23rd Street in New York City, carrying passengers and vehicles. According to a New York Times article, the Electric Ferry ceased operating from Weehawken on August 1, 1943 after 17 years of operation staring in 1926. The Weehawken boats were moved to the Edgewater-125th Street run.While it was called the Electric Ferry, these boats actually derived their power from diesel engines which produced electricity to spin the propellers. Related links: Fading Ad Blog
• Postcard - West Shore Ferry Boat "Rochester"

  This postcard shows one of the ferry boats which carried passengers from Weehawken to New York City.
• Binghamton Ferry in Edgewater

  Two color digital photos, taken June 28, 2012, of the Binghamton Ferry sinking into the Hudson River. The ferry was launched in 1905, serving passengers from Hoboken to New York, and retired in 1967. Since 1971 she has been moored in Edgewater, NJ and was a floating restaurant from 1975-2007. The Binghamton was placed on the National Register of historic places in 1982.
• West Shore Ferry Terminal - Trolly Tracks

  Black and white photograph dated June 4, 1914 from the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society collection. Reverse photo description reads: West Shore Ferry Terminal, Weehawken, NJ Looking east from 100' up hillside From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Trolley at the West Shore Terminal

  This black and white photo, dated July 27, 1914, is part of the New Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society photo collection. It shows a trolley at the West Shore Terminal on Weehawken's waterfront. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Undated Photo of a Trolley on Pershing Road

  This undated photo (circa 1930s-40s) appears to show a trolley on its way up from the waterfront to upper Weehawken via Pershing Road. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• West Shore RR Ferry Kingston

  Undated sepia toned photograph of the West Shore Railroad Ferry Kingston, which plied the Hudson River between New York City and Weehawken. This photo is from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Ferryboat Circa 1940s

  Black and white photograph of commuters on the Weehawken ferry taken by Charles Schneider in the 1940s. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Electric Ferry Niagra

  This colored photo comes to us from Eileen Kelly whose father, Mark Kelly, worked for the New York Central's West Shore Railroad at night while he was still in High School (where he caught a few winks on occasion). One of Eileen's grandfathers, William O'Donnell was a railroad man as well and the other was a longshoreman on the Hoboken/Weehawken waterfront.
• New York Central Ferry Stoney Point

  Photograph of the New York Central Ferry Stoney Point at Weehawken found on the excellent RailFan web site.
• Interior of the NY Central Ferry Boat Albany

  These two black and white photos show the interior of the New York Central Railroad ferry boat Albany some time in the 1930s, when it crossed the Hudson between New York and Weehawken. Note the ad for Eagan Business Schools, whose founder and president was Weehawken resident John J. Eagan. These photos were found by Willie Demontreux on the excellent web site Railfan which has a treasure trove of old railway photos.
• The Weehawken Story - Gentry Magazine - Winter 1956-1957

  A photographic essay on the end of the Weehawken Ferry by photographer Shirley Burden which appeared in the Winter 1956-57 issue of Gentry Magazine on page 61. This item is in the collection of Willie Demontreux.
• Weehawken Ferry Note for 25 Cents

  Note for twenty five cents from the Weehawken Ferry Company, dated July 1862. The note states that it is Receivable for Ferriage or redeemable in current funds when presented in amounts of even dollars.
• Photos of the Weehawken Rail/Ferry Terminal - 1930s

  These photos, as well as the description below, were posted on the www.railfan.net site by 'waterlevel,' the moderator of the forum which deals with the New York Central's Marine Operations: Photographed from the Weehawken bluffs the photos were taken in the late 1930's. The Rochester is seen in the ferry slip and two New York Central tugboats are approaching the yards in the middle of the first photo. Just below the large smokestack is a dark building that was the Public Service trolley shed. To the left was where Railway Express operated out of. On the upper left were where the railroad boxcars waited to be loaded onto the car floats and beneath them are the New York Central passenger cars for the West Shore Line. There was a diner located in the trolley shed and just up the street was a place for the workmen to buy their work clothes. Inside the railroad terminal was a large waiting room with long wooden benches and a news stand that sold newspapers, magazines, candy and other items to the commuters. It was run by the Union News Company. Within a few years this terminal was critical to the WWII effort in moving tanks, artillery, ambulances, jeeps, duce and a halfs and other war material to waiting ships in the Port of New York. Many Army personnel saw their last of America from this spot since the trains brought them from New York State through New Jersey and then by ferry to the troop transports. In four years the ferries would be the in the transport loop once again by ferrying prisoners of war to the holding camps in New York. In 1927 the ferries carried 27,044,102 people crossing the Hudson by ferry. By 1954 the number had dropped to 429,588 people. The ferries closed down in 1959.
• Charters of the Weehawken Ferry Company and Weehawken and Ramapo Plank Road Company

  This 1853 document contains the charters of these two companies as well as a prospectus for investors. It is 19 pages long.