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Hell gate is the back door to the city, leading in from Long Island Sound into the East River. It is spanned by the Triborough and Hellgate Bridges. It is most probably named for its tumultuous tides...

"The confluence of Long Island Sound/The East River & The Harlem River at Randalls Island has long been a incredibly turbulent waterway when the tides are running. While easy to navigate at slack tides, even for people in Kayaks, currents up to 5-10 knots are not unusual when the tide floods back in from New York Harbor & The Atlantic or when the tide flows out from The Long Island Sound. Each year there are still numerous accidents and small wrecks in this dangerous stretch of water"

--from wikipedia

This is the actual bridge that goes by the name of Hellgate. It was built in 1917 as part of the New York Connecting Railroad

while you are wasting time here, check out some other bridges of new york city or other faves from my postcard collection!

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Peter: 14th Apr 2009 - 18:36 GMT

hahaha, nice postcard :) whats the name of that oozy "hell gate, ny" font?

CartLegger: 14th Apr 2009 - 18:41 GMT

Matter of Fact, from da font.com : www.dafont.com/search.php?psize=m&q=matter+of+fact

CartLegger: 15th Apr 2009 - 21:22 GMT

this the Randall's Island portion of the Hell Gate Bridge.

Ariel: i love the last bridge =)

Denny: 16th Apr 2009 - 10:00 GMT

Hell gate: When the Dutch first arrived the Algonquin Indians already living here called their paradise 'Manna-Hatta meaning 'Island of the Hills.' The Dutch penetrated into the Yorkville region and established one of their farms (bouweries) on 74th Street and the East River (actually an estuary) near a little rushing stream. The land was filled with such beauty that they called it 'Hellegat' the Dutch word for 'beautiful pass.' Years later the word would become anglicized to 'Hell Gate' to describe the treacherous East River currents.

CartLegger: 16th Apr 2009 - 10:39 GMT

Yes, and Manahatta might have meant "place of general inebriation".
www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-45298801.html

that's the great thing about NYC history: its a multiple choice question with multiple answers.

But you do bring a up a very good point: Manahatta!!!!! One of the best books out on NYC in years is the place to learn more about what our urban environment used to be like:
nymag.com/news/articles/09/04/manhatta090420_lay.pdf
www.amazon.com/Mannahatta-Natural-History-York-City/dp/0810996332

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