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New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad, Weehawken Tunnel, Weehawken, Hudson County, NJ
Summary
Significance: The New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad Weehawken Tunnel is significant in the development of freight and passenger rail service in New York Harbor in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by allowing rail access through the Palisades Sill to the Hudson River. Construction of the tunnel afforded direct access to New York Harbor during a period of intense expansion and competition among regional railroads.
Survey number: HAER NJ-109-A
Building/structure dates: 1881-1883 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Katte, Walter
Vergara, M, transmitter
Flagg, Thomas J, photographer
Drobbin, Lynn, historian
Location
Weehawken (N.J.), 40.76637, -74.02537
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
