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Liberty Marina, Fair Weather and Foul: A Photo Essay

By Bbenzon @bbenzon
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In the late 19th Century a canal was cut from the anthracite region in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania across northern New Jersey to New York Bay: the Morris Canal. The canal has long since fallen into disuse and been filled-in. The place where its eastern terminus feeds into New York Bay has become the Liberty Marina.
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The yellow boat in the center is a ferry boat:
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Ah, “the pause that refreshes” sets up shop on a Chilltown dock.
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After Irene; note that rectangular bulk to the right of center:
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Sandy tossed that bulk across Audry Zapp Drive:
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Summer, 2013:
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