Located on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City New Jersey is the CRRNJ or Central RailRoad Company of New Jersey history Rail-Ferry Terminal now a part of Liberty State Park one of the many historic New Jersey State Parks. Once upon a time in the mid 1800’s, CRRNJ had a terminal on landfill from New York City but by 1889 the demand for a modern state of the art terminal was obvious and CRRNJ hired Peabody and Stearns the famous Boston based architectural firm to build their new terminal. When the United States opened the Immigration Station on Ellis Island in 1892, the demand for a modern and much larger station was evident. This beautiful station became the point of departure for 2/3 of the immigrants or 10.5 million that were either headed inland to New Jersey and the rest of the USA or the other way to New York City. By the advent of the 20th Century, the Jersey City CRRNJ Terminal was handling from 30,000-50,000 people daily with approximately 128 ferry runs to NYC and about 300 trains. When you look at those numbers even compared to today, it’s staggering. This image taken at night shows the elegance of the design of the side facing New York City the ferry slips directly to my back. - [ ] #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @getolympus @bhphoto @bheventspace @adorama @newjerseyisntboring @newjerseystateparks @newjerseyisbeautiful #libertystatepark #crrnj #crrnjterminal #excellent_america (at Liberty State Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSutrAVJ9mI/?utm_medium=tumblr
