Old New York yesterday & today . J alentxne s Manual dnlkct Ponb, tto&i i\\t ^ite of our ^e6i (!lt6tr Qlcntrc zmh Qlourt One of the most famous sections in Old New York. Tiie water was very deep and covered seventy acres. At one time it was proposedto make it a huge land-locked harbor for deep sea vessels. A canal was started through Canal Street (hence the name) to connectit with the Hudson. It was a famous resort for fishermen and skaters. Prince William, later William IV of England, was saved fromdrowning here. Fitch tried out his new steamboat on this lake. It was finally drained and fille
Old New York yesterday & today . J alentxne s Manual dnlkct Ponb, tto&i i\\t ^ite of our ^e6i (!lt6tr Qlcntrc zmh Qlourt One of the most famous sections in Old New York. Tiie water was very deep and covered seventy acres. At one time it was proposedto make it a huge land-locked harbor for deep sea vessels. A canal was started through Canal Street (hence the name) to connectit with the Hudson. It was a famous resort for fishermen and skaters. Prince William, later William IV of England, was saved fromdrowning here. Fitch tried out his new steamboat on this lake. It was finally drained and filled in about 1821. Then the old Tombswas partly built upon it. Now all the land has been taken by the City for the new County Court House, Federal Post Office andother buildings for our new Civic Centre. See next Collection of Mr. J. Claren m\t (©lit ®omlia on ^tte nf Collect ^oiih The old City Jail, called The Tombs, and Criminal Courts Building, on Centre Street, between White and Leonard (built in 1838 from stone taken from the Bridewell in City Hall Park), which were removed to make room for the present Magistrates Courts and jail. The bridge which joined them gave convicted persons their last look of freedom, and was known as the Bridge of Sighs. The site was formerly covered by Collect Pond, shown above.
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