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September 25th 2009 12:03
The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south through eastern New York. It rises at Lake Tear of the Clouds, on the slopes of Mount Marcy in the Adirondack Mountains, flows past Albany, and finally forms the border between New York City and New Jersey at its mouth before emptying into Upper New York Bay. Its lower half is an estuary, experiencing tidal influence as far north as Troy. The river is named for Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, who explored it in 1609.
As such the Hudson River turns 400 years old on 2009. To celebrate, here are some historic pictures of early development along the Hudson. Thanks to Life.com more pictures and information can be found here.
Artillery at West Point, site of the famous military academy, in 1859.
Spectators on the docks watch New Jersey Central tugboats slowly cross the ice-filled Hudson River in the winter of 1925.
A lighthouse stands in the middle of the mighty Hudson, near the historic village of Athens, New York.
Ship and tug boat traffic on the Hudson picks up as New York City becomes an industrial powerhouse.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Hudson River.
As such the Hudson River turns 400 years old on 2009. To celebrate, here are some historic pictures of early development along the Hudson. Thanks to Life.com more pictures and information can be found here.
The Mighty Hudson
Ice Breakers
Canoe Party on the River
Lighting the Way, 1939
River Traffic
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Hudson River.
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