Items

• Water Bill - 1946 - Hackensack Water Company

  Paid March 1946 water bill in the amount of $6.02 (for the first quarter of the year) issued to Lena Palmitissi of 4532 Park Avenue by the Hackensack Water Company located at 4100 Park Avenue.
• Bird's-eye View from Morgan Street and Bulls Ferry Road, showing Water Tower, Union Hill, NJ

  Unposted colored postcard of a view of Bulls Ferry Road (today's Park Avenue) looking north from Morgan Street n (today's 40th Street) towards the Hackensack Water Tower and reservoir at right. At left in distance is the Bermes Brewery, with flag on top. Published by Souvenir Post Card Company, Printed in Germany.
• Water Tower and Reservoir from Union Hill, NJ

  Color postcard of the Hackensack Water Tower and reservoir looking northeast from Union Hill (Union City.) Notated are the Clifton Park neighborhood (named for James Brown's home, called Clifton and located on Louisa Place), and a mislabeled Hamilton School, not Highwood Park School. Mailed April 17, 1913 from New Durham. Souvenir Post Card Company, printed in New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• THE WEEHAWKEN WATER TOWER - a short film by Michael Boldt

  A group of Weehawken enthusiasts took the walk, 17 flights, up the Weehawken Water Tower. This is a short film for those folks who couldn't make the climb.
• Demolition of the Hackensack Water Company Reservoir Number 1

  Three undated black and white photos (circa early 1980s) showing the later phases of the demolition of the reservoir and gate house, which were located at Park Avenue and 40th Street (the site of today's Acme parking lot). These photos are from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Engine Room of the Water Tower

  Black and white photo, circa 1895, of the engine room of the Weehawken Water Tower. This mighty engine pumped water to the tank in the top of the tower and provided Weehawken and environs with water pressure.
• Print - The Water Tower

  A colored print of the Hackensack Water Company's Water Tower in Weehawken, NJ from American Architect and Building News, issue number 402, dated September 5th, 1883.
• Panorama of New York West Side and Highwood Park, New Jersey

  This 360 degree panoramic photograph appears to have been taken from the top of the Water Tower. It was taken by August Patzig and was deposited for copyright in the Library of Congress on May 19, 1909. This image is part of the Library of Congress Panoramic Photographs Collection - call number PAN US GEOG - New Jersey, no. 16. Click here for a larger (5.5M) version of this picture.  
• The Weehawken Water Tower

  Article from Engineering News and American Contract Journal - November 6, 1886 - page 292. You can find the pictures in the Time Machine as items 234 and 235 under 'Towers'  
• The Weehawken Water Tower

  Illustrations from Engineering News and American Contract Journal - November 6, 1886 - page 293. Plans of the Water Tower.
• Water Tower at Weehawken, N.J.

  Illustrations of the water tower and gate house from Engineering News and American Contract Journal - November 6, 1886 - page 292.
• Birdseye View Op Union Hill, NJ

  Colored photo postcard of view over the houses of Union Hill (from the West) looking east towards the Weehawken Water Tower. Postcard from The Temme Company of Newark, NJ - Made in Germany - Number 2235.
• Hackensack Water Works, Weehawken, NJ

  Colored photo postcard of Hackensack Water Company reservoir with water tower and stack. Published by The Hudson Company, Union Hill, NJ
• Weehawken General Office of the Hackensack Water Company

  Black and white photograph of the general gffice of the Hackensack Water Company in 1895 from the book, The Hackensack Water Company 1869 - 1969 by Adrian Leiby and Nancy Wichman - published in 1969 by the Bergen County Historical Society.
• High Level Pumping Equipment in Weehawken Water Tower

  Black and white photograph (circa 1885) of equipment in the Water Tower from the book The Hackensack Water Company 1869 - 1969 by Adrian Leiby and Nancy Wichman - published in 1969 by the Bergen County Historical Society.
• Office in Weehawken Water Tower circa 1885

  Black and white 1885 photograph of an office in the Water Tower. Charles E. Brush, First Engineer is seated at desk at right. From the book The Hackensack Water Company 1869 - 1969 by Adrian Leiby and Nancy Wichman. Published in 1969 by the Bergen County Historical Society.
• Weehawken Water Tower circa 1885

  Photograph of the Water Tower and berm to the reservoir, circa 1885. From the book The Hackensack Water Company 1869 - 1969 by Adrian Leiby and Nancy Wichman Published in 1969 by the Bergen County Historical Society.
• Reservoir and Tower, Weehawken, NJ

  Colored photo postcard of the reservoir and Weehawken water tower. This particular image gives a good view of the east side of the reservoir.
• Old Hackensack Water Co's Reservoir, Weehawken, NJ

  A beautiful black and white undivided photo postcard view of the Water Tower, stack and the reservoir. The Bermes Brewery (45th Street and Park Avenue) is visible, far right. Postmarked December 10, 1906 from Philadelphia
• No. 6 - Water Tower & Reservoir, Union Hill, N.J.

  Black and white undivided photo postcard of the Hackensack Water Tower and berm to the reservoir, looking north on Park Avenue, with a trolley in the distance.