B+W photo of wagon elevator & trolley trestle at SW corner of Hoboken, Sept. 1922.
Entry/Object ID
2010.007.0145
Description
Black-and-white photo of the wagon elevator (vehicular ferry) and trolley trestle at the southwest corner of Hoboken, September 1922.
Print, 6" wide x 8" high. Photograph by Fotograms, N.Y. with their ink stamp on back. Back has a typed mimeographed credit and caption attached; date stamp separate from studio stamp; other modern adhesive label.
Print dated September 9, 1922. View is east from Jersey City Heights looking at the very southeastern part of Hoboken and a small part of Jersey City. The equipment itself was completely in Jersey City. Access to the bottom would have been at a right-of-way on private land belonging to Public Service and was located on the west side of Marshall St. midway between Ferry and First Streets. This right-of-way was not a mapped street. Note the four tracks at the bottom of the elevator which then were the New Jersey Junction Railroad. Traffic to the elevator had to cross the tracks.
At the upper right is the Public Service Corp. trolley or streetcar viaduct / trestle that ran from company's terminal next to Lackawanna Terminal and ran to Jersey City Heights.
Text of caption leaf on reverse:
Please credit Fotograms, N.Y.
"Vehicular Ferry" Saves Four Miles Travel on Dusty Roads Thru Hoboken.
The "Vehicular Ferry" in Hoboken, N.J. is just 300 feet long, making a grade of about 75 feet, but it saves four miles travel on dusty roads and is a great time saver. The ferry is equipped with a wagon or platform, on which the automobile or horse drawn truck, is carried upward or downward as the case may be. Photo shows the ferry in operation.
Acquisition
Accession
2010.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Made/Created
Artist
Fotograms
Studio
Fotograms
Date made
1922 - 1922
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1922-1922
Dimensions
Height
7 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: The wagon elevators or incline which are called a "vehicular ferry'" in the caption, were built in 1874 by the North Hudson County Railway Co. and operated under Public Service Railway until 1928 when use of it ended.
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2010-08-29
