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WEEHAWKEN , a township of See also:Hudson See also:county, New See also:Jersey, U.S.A., in the N.E. See also:part of the See also:state, on the Hudson See also:river, adjoining See also:Hoboken and opposite the See also:city of New See also:York . Pop . (1890) 1943; (1900) 5325; (1910 See also:census), 11,228 . It is served by the New York, See also:Ontario & Western, and the See also:West See also:Shore See also:railways (being a See also:terminus of the latter), and by suburban electric lines, and is connected with New York City by See also:steam ferries . The township consists of a narrow See also:strip of See also:land along the western See also:bank of the Hudson, and at the See also:southern extremity of the Palisades . The extensive See also:water-front is lined with wharves, some of which can accommodate the largest ocean steamers . On a ledge below the See also:crest of the Palisades is the famous duelling ground, where New York citizens and others once settled ,their quarrels . Originally a part of Hoboken and See also:North See also:Bergen, the township of Weehawken was separately incorporated in 1859 . |
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