Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.
Wednesday afternoon found a rare sight on the North River: towboat Buchanan12 returning to her Erie Basin base running light without her usual raft of crushed stone hoppers from the Clinton Point quarry near Poughkeepsie. The next morning, Norfolk Tug’s George Holland, who sometimes substitutes for B12, was running with the Buchanan boat’s usual charges,…
North River Notes 