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The Palisades
The Palisades
For protection against the Indians, ...
Preserving the Palisades
Through the 1890s, quarries blasted the Palisades f...
Along the Palisades Riverfront
The background photograph shows Alpine Landing – he...
The Palisades
For protection against the Indians, the settlers built ...
The Palisades Interstate Parkway Scenic Byway Corridor
It Began with a Boom
Just over a century ago,...
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The Palisades
The Palisades
For protection against the Indians, the settlers built a log palisade across the narrows fo the peninsula between the York and James rivers. This was about 1633. Middle Plantation (later Williamsburg) began as a settlement along this palisade ...
Preserving the Palisades
Through the 1890s, quarries blasted the Palisades for stone to make gravel and concrete. The largest of these, Carpenter Brothers’ quarry, was just south of here (background photograph and B). Many thousands of tons of broken rock were taken from ...
Along the Palisades Riverfront
The background photograph shows Alpine Landing – here – known earlier as Closter Landing or the Closter Dock – around 1897. From before the Revolutionary War, a steep road through a break in the cliffs of the Palisades allowed Bergen ...
The Palisades
For protection against the Indians, the settlers built a log palisade across the narrows of the peninsula between the York and James rivers. This was about 1633. Middle Plantation (later Williamsburg) began as a settlement along this palisade which had ...
The Palisades Interstate Parkway Scenic Byway Corridor
It Began with a Boom
Just over a century ago, more than a thousand cubic yards of the Palisades Cliffs were being blasted away every day for a growing New York in need of roads and foundations. The constant explosions could ...