Category Archives: Hudson River

The Holland Tunnel: Did You Know?

Posted on June 8, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

Did you know that the Holland Tunnel was named after Clifford Milburn Holland, the chief engineer in charge of its design and construction? Holland was a brilliant young engineer who gave his life for the tunnel.  As construction on the … Continue reading →

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Before PATH Became PATH: The Wonder Years

Posted on June 3, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett More than 50 years ago, in 1962, the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) acquired the title to rehabilitate the Hudson & Manhattan (H&M) Railroad Tunnel and begin operations.  Ten years later, two bronze plaques were … Continue reading →

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Port Authority: 95th Anniversary of the Port Compact of 1921

Posted on April 29, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett As far back as the 19th century, New York and New Jersey squabbled over the jurisdictional rights of the Hudson River, once even drawing an imaginary line down the middle of the river, which didn’t … Continue reading →

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