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A hand-colored postcard ca. 1910 of a Central RR of New Jersey Sandy Hook Steamer passing Highland Beach — a large wooden side-wheel steamer with a tall single stack, a beached rowboat at right, the Highland Beach cottage row on the far shore

Colorized postcard — the Sandy Hook Steamer at Highland Beach, ca. 1910

ca. 1910

Highland Beach, foot of Sandy Hook

A hand-colored postcard view of a Sandy Hook Steamer — one of the large side-wheelers of the Central Railroad of New Jersey's steamboat service — passing the Highland Beach shore, ca. 1910. The steamer, with its distinctive side-mounted paddle wheel, tall single stack, and wooden upper-deck superstructure, ran the Manhattan–Sandy Hook route as the water leg of the day-tripper trip to Highland Beach. Passengers rode the steamer from West 42nd Street, transferred to the NJS train at Sandy Hook, and were at the beach in under two hours. A wooden rowboat sits beached at right; the Highland Beach cottage row is visible on the far shore.

Item record

Title
Colorized postcard — the Sandy Hook Steamer at Highland Beach, ca. 1910
Date
ca. 1910
Source
Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive
Contributor
Sandlass Family Collection
Rights
Sandlass Family Collection — permission granted for ATH publication
Slug
hb-family-img-8495

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Colorized postcard — the Sandy Hook Steamer at Highland Beach, ca. 1910 (ca. 1910). Sandlass Family Collection · via ATH archive The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/hb-family-img-8495/.