Harsimus Stem Embankment

The Harsimus Stem Embankment is a half-mile-long historic railroad embankment, now abandoned and largely overgrown with foliage, in the heart of Jersey City's historic downtown. It runs along the south side of Sixth Street, west from Marin Boulevard to Brunswick Street. The portion west of Brunswick Street was previously demolished.

A local citizens' movement is lobbying local governments, chiefly Hudson County and the city of Jersey City, to acquire the land and convert the Embankment to a public park. The developer who owns the land that the Embankment sits on is opposed.

This elevated stone structure once carried seven Pennsylvania Railroad tracks to the Hudson River, where they met ferries to Manhattan. The Embankment is listed on the New Jersey State Register of Historic Places, is eligible for the National Register, and is a Jersey City municipal landmark.

External links

* [http://www.embankment.org/ Harsimus Stem Embankment Preservation Coalition]

"This article was adapted from the BusyTonight article [http://busytonight.com/wiki/Harsimus_Stem_Embankment Harsimus Stem Embankment] on June 25, 2007 under the GNU Free Documentation License."