A home geography of New York city . Haklem .Ship Canal out of the ground and cross the valley on tracks that are far abovethe level of the street. Dyekman street is in the valley at TubbyHook. Beautiful and striking views of the Hudson river may beobtained at Grants tomb, overlooking the valley at Manhattan-ville, and at Fort George, overlooking the depression at Inwood. The ridge is broken again at the end of the island. Here isSpuyten Duyvil creek, which separates this part of Manhattan 40 HOME GEOGEAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY. from The Bronx. The ridge is also cut through by the Harlem. ship cana
A home geography of New York city . Haklem .Ship Canal out of the ground and cross the valley on tracks that are far abovethe level of the street. Dyekman street is in the valley at TubbyHook. Beautiful and striking views of the Hudson river may beobtained at Grants tomb, overlooking the valley at Manhattan-ville, and at Fort George, overlooking the depression at Inwood. The ridge is broken again at the end of the island. Here isSpuyten Duyvil creek, which separates this part of Manhattan 40 HOME GEOGEAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY. from The Bronx. The ridge is also cut through by the Harlem. ship canal. Battery Park is made land. Between this park and 23d street there were at one time many hills, consisting of sand, gravel, stones, and earth. These werecut down as the city grewnortliward. Between 23d and120th streets many rocky hillswere leveled as the land wasprepared for dwelling these parts of Manhattanthe uj) and down grades of Remains of Fort George (1857) ±^ i i \ -c ^ ^ the streets show the lormer irregularity of the surface. Do you know of any such streets ? When you visit Columbia College, or St. Lukes Hospital youare on the top of a part of the ridge. This part of Manhattan iscalled Cathedral plateau, and getsits namic from the new cathedralthere. Morningside Park is thesloping land on the side of Cathe-dral plateau. From MorningsidePark to the Harlem river thereis a plain called the Harlem is a ridge of rock in thisplain, a part of which can beplainly seen at Mt. Morris Park
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