The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . VIADUCT OF THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILWAY. covered toll-bridge that connects them. The church spires of Troy arealso seen, and in dim blue outline, in the extreme southern horizon,appear the higher spurs of the Katzbergs, or Catskill Mountains. Waterford is a very pleasant town, at the confluence of the Mohawkand Hudson rivers, and had then a little more than three thousandinhabitants. It stands upon the level bank of the Hudson. Most of itsstreets are fringed with the maple and elm, the favourite shade treesin the northern and eastern villages and cit
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . VIADUCT OF THE VERMONT CENTRAL RAILWAY. covered toll-bridge that connects them. The church spires of Troy arealso seen, and in dim blue outline, in the extreme southern horizon,appear the higher spurs of the Katzbergs, or Catskill Mountains. Waterford is a very pleasant town, at the confluence of the Mohawkand Hudson rivers, and had then a little more than three thousandinhabitants. It stands upon the level bank of the Hudson. Most of itsstreets are fringed with the maple and elm, the favourite shade treesin the northern and eastern villages and cities of the United States. Itis a young town, compared with Lansingburgh, its still more pleasant 108 THE HUDSON. nciglibour across tlie river, which was dignified with the title of NewCity as early as 1788, when its now stately rival, Troy, could not boastof half-a-dozen houses, and wa? known only as Yanderheyden, or AshleysFerry. It has outstripped that older town in population, and equals itin enterprise. Between them the current of the H
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