BusTalk

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Wasn't that across from the Circle Line? I remember ads on TV for both.

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Also............

Recall that, by 1964, there was only ONE ship in the "DAY LINE" fleet, the venerable sidewheeler "ALEXANDER HAMILTON"; the "PETER STUYVESANT had been retired and sold a few years earlier........

"NYO"

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Also..........

Prior to its being destroyed by fire in 1962, the abandoned NYCRR West Shore ferry terminal (closed 1959) at the foot of W. 42nd Street had one of its idle slips used to dock CIRCLE LINE craft between runs.......

"NYO"

["REGULAR SEASON-APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

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W.B.:

Not sure here, but could very well be.

If the former NYCRR terminal HAD been the missing Pier 62, perhaps it was "de-classified" when ferry service to Weehawken was abandoned, or, stricken from documentation after the destructive fire in 1962...........

"NYO"

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W.B.:

Glad we have this little mystery "confoimed"!

It is also interesting to note that the crossing from Weehawken to W. 42nd Street was in operation at all times, whereas the route to Cortlandt Street operated only during weekday rush hours.

Interestingly, by the time service ended in 1959, the NYCRR boats had moved next door to the abandoned PRR Cortlandt Street slips, which had been OOS since 1949.

Of course, the NYCRR boats, unlike those of the PRR, were not equipped for upper deck loading...........

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["TO UPPER DECK OF FERRY BOATS"]

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Date this interesting scene to 1981.......

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155772

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

Here we have a "BBO" ("Bomber Bail Out") WMATA "Jetson" Fishbowl, in the company of an "Em-Tee-Yay" batwing counterpart, at the "Coicle" line pier........

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"CONTRASTS" (1982).............

www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?155907

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

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Here we have a "Soiface" MACK pulling away from the NYCRR's West Shore Ferry terminal (foot of W.42nd), back in 1956...........

https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?156332

(courtesy: nycsubway.org)

["RIDE THE SURFACE WAY"]

[W.B. Fishbowl]

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W.B.:

Did you notice that this 1956 photo was grouped into the "New York City Transit" photo collection?

Should have been in with the "Soiface" photos.............

"NYO"

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