Identifier: newyorkbysunligh00mcca_1 ( find matches)
Title: New York by sunlight and gaslight : a work descriptive of the great American metropolis ; its high and low life; its splendors and miseries; its virtu
Year: 1882 ( 1880s)
Authors: McCabe, James D., 1842-1883.
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Publisher: New York : Union Publishing House
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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s of all the countries of the world are floatingout from ship and shore, and the river presents a gayand animated scene. On the opposite side is JerseyCity, the most conspicuous objects of the shore linebeing the great ferry houses which mark the depots ofthe various railway lines leading south and west fromNew York. In the not distant future the tunnel nowin construction under the Hudson will connect NewJersey with New York, and the railways will enter thecity by means of it. The last landing has been made, and our steamernow turns her head toward the Inner Bay. Just off theBattery we pass a fine frigate and a monitor, fly-ing the national flag, and near them notice severalforeign men of war riding at their anchors. From thesteamers deck the lower end of the city and the spiresand towers that rise from it make a pleasing picture,while across the East River is Brooklyn, its heightscrowned with stately mansions, and between the twocities swings the great bridge that is to connect them.
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FORIIFICATIONS OF THE HARBOR. 91 On our left is Governors Island, with the half roundfort of Castle William, and the more formidable worksof Fort Columbus beyond it. The American flag isflying- from a tall staff about the centre of the island,and the troops of the garrison can be seen engagedat their manoeuvres on the parade ground. Across theharbor, near the Jersey shore, is Elliss Island, on whichis situated Fort Gibson, armed with twenty heavy guns.To the south of it is a larger island, known as Bedloes,on which stands Fort Wood, which mounts eighty guns.This island is well out in the bay, and commands anunobstructed view through the Narrows, out to sea.Upon this island is to stand Bartholdis great statue ofLiberty Enlightening the World. This remarkablework is the gift of numbers of French citizens, to NewYork, and is gigantic in size, being intended as a light-house as well as an ornament to the harbor. A writer inScribners Magazine for June, 1877, thus describes thestatue and th

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