The port of New York

Friday, 28 February 2014 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination:
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South Street Seaport © flickr.com - ian reid/cc-by-2.0

South Street Seaport © flickr.com – ian reid/cc-by-2.0

New York Harbor, part of the Port of New York and New Jersey, is at the mouth of the Hudson River where it empties into New York Bay. It is one of the largest natural harbors in the world. Although the United States Board on Geographic Names does not use the term, New York Harbor has important historical, governmental, commercial, and ecological usages.

In 1824 the first American drydock was completed on the East River. Because of its location and depth, the Port grew rapidly with the introduction of steamships; and then with the completion in 1825 of the Erie Canal New York became the most important transshipping port between the American interior and Europe as well as coastwise destinations. By about 1840, more passengers and a greater tonnage of cargo came through the port of New York than all other major harbors in the country combined and by 1900 it was one of the great international ports. The Morris Canal, carrying anthracite and freight from Pennsylvania through New Jersey to its terminus at the mouth of the Hudson in Jersey City. Portions in the harbor are now part of Liberty State Park.

Manhattan - Staten Island Ferry Terminal from the harbor © flickr.com - Joe Mabel/cc-by-sa-2.0 Port Newark © flickr.com - Maureen/cc-by-2.0en-cc-by-2.0 One World Trade Center and other buildings of Lower Manhattan from the harbor © flickr.com - Joe Mabel/cc-by-sa-2.0 Chelsea Piers © Marcel René Kalt/cc-by-sa-2.5 Queens - Hell Gate and Triborough Bridges © Hwttdz/cc-by-sa-3.0 South Street Seaport © flickr.com - ian reid/cc-by-2.0
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One World Trade Center and other buildings of Lower Manhattan from the harbor © flickr.com - Joe Mabel/cc-by-sa-2.0
The Statue of Liberty National Monument recalls the period of massive immigration to the United States at the turn of the 20th century. The main port of entry at Ellis Island processed 12 million arrivals from 1892 to 1954. While many stayed in the region, others spread across America, with more than 10 million leaving from the nearby Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal.

Deterrence and investigation of criminal activity, especially relating to organized crime, is also the responsibility of the bi-state Waterfront Commission. The Commission was set up in 1953 (a year before the movie On the Waterfront), to combat labor racketeering. It is held that the Gambino crime family controlled the New York waterfront and the Genovese crime family controlled the New Jersey side. In 1984 the Teamsters local was put under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) trusteeship, and in 2005 a similar suit was brought against the International Longshoremen’s Association local.

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