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.
The yellow boat in the center is a ferry boat:
Ah, “the pause that refreshes” sets up shop on a Chilltown dock.
After Irene; note that rectangular bulk to the right of center:
Sandy tossed that bulk across Audry Zapp Drive:
Summer, 2013: