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Yet more desolation in Jersey City to explore. At one time, these were Lehigh Valley trainyards at Black Tom Island. In 1916, this was the site of hundreds of massive explosions of stored WW 1 munitions caused by German saboteurs. It never recovered. 1975
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Sorry... a day late! New York Harbor with lots of ships including an NYFD fire boat spraying water. The Good Year blimp flies over the Statue of Liberty. All were celebrating America's Bicentennial on July 4th 1976.
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Walked over to the window of my Dad's office on the 58th floor of the World Trade Center, pulled away the curtain and saw this. New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and the abandoned shoreline of Jersey City. Feb 1977
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The Statue of Liberty, a Good Year blimp and warships plying the waters of the Hudson River pass by the World Trade Center and the smoggy New York skyline. Operation Sail on America's Bicentennial day. New York. July 4 1976.
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Abandoned buildings with shattered windows, rusting 50 gallon drums, wire spools and lots of rubbish were the only remnants of the Army's old Fort Wood behind the Statue of Liberty. Bedloe's Island. New York. 1948
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Two snaps using my Pocket Instamatic 40 from the Statue of Liberty. While most of the tourists were taking photos of Manhattan, I found the Jersey City industrial and railroad ruins vastly more interesting! March 1975
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A gaggle of people who chances are have never been to Manhattan before. The Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor in the background on a gray autumn day. The view from the very southern end of Battery Park City. Oct 2016.
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Although meant to be viewed with Manhattan at the top, flip the image around and get an entirely different perspective. Jersey City with recently landfilled Harsimus blocks, the original shoreline of Paulus Hook and the Morris Canal. 1859
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The Statue of Liberty framed by crookedly leaning telephone poles, three train cars, Jersey swamps, a 1970s Chevy and what appears to be a man walking a dog. Caven Point Road. Jersey City. April 1976
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The Statue of Liberty surrounded by rusting cranes, a pile of discarded tires, abandoned cars and a deserted Central Railroad of NJ train yard tower. The view from the end of Warren Street. A frame from my Super8 film "Visions". Jersey City. April 1976
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OK... the last bleak photo for a while. (they'll all contain puppies and kittens from now on). A scan of a Jersey Journal newspaper photo showing the Statue of Liberty from abandoned railroad land in the Communipaw yards. Jersey City. Aug 16, 1965
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New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty and the old Caven Point pier from the Jersey City industrial shoreline during Operation Sail on the day of America's 200th birthday. July 4 1976
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Helicopter shot of the Statue of Liberty, a nice oil slick and the old abandoned railroad shoreline of Jersey City. (way before Liberty State Park). Pulaski Skyway and the Medical Center in the background. July 1975
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Daily life in the old Jersey City. Abandoned 19th century factories on the Morris Canal, crane graveyards, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island (itself closed and decrepit) from the roof of an empty warehouse near the Colgate plant. June 1975.
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From the abandoned West Side Highway by the World Trade Center, I sketched Battery Park City, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, CRRNJ Terminal and the industrial Jersey City shoreline. 1977
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Yet another 1970s oil crisis... large pool of gasoline swirls around the Statue of Liberty from a ruptured pipeline at the Exxon facility near Black Tom and Caven Point in Jersey City. June 1972.
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Bleak wasteland in Jersey City, New Jersey behind the Statue of Liberty. Caven Point Road in the Black Tom area with drunkenly leaning telephone poles. The sign says "No Dumping". November 1976
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Forlorn abandoned industrial wasteland in the Black Tom section of Jersey City to the Statue of Liberty before Liberty State Park. 1973
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The pre-Liberty State Park shoreline with abandoned remnants of the Central Railroad of New Jersey train yards, the old Medical Center, the Journal Square PATH building and the Turnpike Extension hovering in the right background. Jersey City. March 1979.
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Ever wonder what it was like to stand on top of the Equitable building and take in Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan, New York Harbor, Governor’s Island, Statue of Liberty, Jersey City and the Hudson River in 1908?
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The Statue of Liberty hovers over 50 gallon drums of chemicals, forelorn patches of weeds, and abandoned buildings on the New York Harbor waterfront. Jersey City. March 1975
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Walking along the rusty, abandoned West Side Highway across from the World Trade Center and taking in the watery lansdcape of the Battery Park City landfill, Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, which itself was also abandoned. New York. June 1974
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Very rare early color photograph of the Statue of Liberty, Fort Wood (now gone) and Jersey City factories and rail yards (also now gone) as they appeared in 1930 from a dirigible floating gently overhead.
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Yet another bleak industrial wasteland at the Black Tom part of Jersey City toward the Statue of Liberty with rusting chemical drums and asbestos coated pipes. Right about where the circle of flags is now in Liberty State Park. 1970
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Airplane view of the Jersey City, New Jersey shoreline with the Morris Canal, railroad tracks leading to the Hudson, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty, Caven Point Pier and Lower Manhattan. 1965.
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Guard at railroad landfill at the Communipaw yards. Lower Manhattan on the left, Statue of Liberty on the right. Jersey City, New Jersey. 1930s
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Jersey City waterfront at Black Tom with railroad ruins, rotting piers, crane graveyards, Esso refinery tanks and the Caven Point Pier pier at far left protruding into a polluted New York Harbor. March 1968.
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Industrial, railroad and rotting pier ruins in Jersey City from the Statue of Liberty. This is all Liberty State Park now. March 1973
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Abandoned swampland, industrial and railroad ruins line the waterfront as seen from the Statue of Liberty. Most tourists looked the other way. Jersey City. March 1973.
