page_title: Jersey City Ferry
hierarchical_section_title: Jersey City Ferry
caption_attribution_description: Pennsylvania Railroad ferry New Brunswick Medium: 1 negative&#160;: glass&#160;; 8 x 10 in. Reproduction Number: LC-D4-22295 (b&amp;w glass neg.) Call Number: LC-D4-22295 &lt;P&amp;P&gt; [P&amp;P] Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Notes: "4081" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022295. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
context_page_description: The Jersey City Ferry was a major ferry service that operated between Jersey City and Cortlandt Street in lower Manhattan for almost 200 years. The ferry was notable for being the first to use steam power which began in 1812. The ferry's history was closely tied to the Pennsylvania Railroad's station in Jersey City at Exchange Place, which gradually fell into disuse after the railroad opened the North River Tunnels and Penn Station in 1910. Ferry service from lower Manhattan to Jersey City continued via the even older Communipaw ferry which operated from the adjacent Liberty Street Ferry Terminal until this service was also discontinued in 1967. In 1986 ferry service was revived and today it is operated by New York Waterway.
context_section_description: The Jersey City Ferry was a major ferry service that operated between Jersey City and Cortlandt Street in lower Manhattan for almost 200 years (1764-1949). The ferry was notable for being the first to use steam power which began in 1812. The ferry's history was closely tied to the Pennsylvania Railroad's station in Jersey City at Exchange Place, which gradually fell into disuse after the railroad opened the North River Tunnels and Penn Station in 1910. Ferry service from lower Manhattan to Jersey City continued via the even older Communipaw ferry which operated from the adjacent Liberty Street Ferry Terminal until this service was also discontinued in 1967. In 1986 ferry service was revived and today it is operated by New York Waterway.
caption: The New Brunswick one of the Pennsylvania Railroad's ferries across the Hudson, ca. 1905
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