The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . r placesof interest in the vicinity of a dangerous whirlpool, named by the DutchHclle-gat (Hell-hole), now called Hell-gate. It is no longer dangerousto navigators, the sunken rocks which formed the whirlpool having beenremoved in 1852, by submarine blasting, in which electricity was em- * The slab bears iLe fullowiug iuscription : • Joanxah Rtxdebs, who was the raost loving wife ofUavi 1 Provoost. It was her will to be interred in this hill. Obitus 8 Xember, 1749, aged 43 to the memo:y of David Peovcost, who died Oct. 19th, 17S1, aged
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . r placesof interest in the vicinity of a dangerous whirlpool, named by the DutchHclle-gat (Hell-hole), now called Hell-gate. It is no longer dangerousto navigators, the sunken rocks which formed the whirlpool having beenremoved in 1852, by submarine blasting, in which electricity was em- * The slab bears iLe fullowiug iuscription : • Joanxah Rtxdebs, who was the raost loving wife ofUavi 1 Provoost. It was her will to be interred in this hill. Obitus 8 Xember, 1749, aged 43 to the memo:y of David Peovcost, who died Oct. 19th, 17S1, aged 90 years. THE HUDSON. 403 ployed. This is an interesting historic locality. Here the town recordsof Kewport, Rhode Island, carried away by Sir Henry Clinton, weresubmerged in 1779, when the British vessel that bore them was wreckednear the vortex. They were recovered. Here, during the revolution,the British frigate Iluzzar was wrecked, and sunk in deep water, havingon board, it was believed, a large amount of specie, destined for the use. VIEW NEAR HELL-GATE. of the British troops in America. On Mill llock, a strong block-housewas erected during the war of 1812; and on Halletts Point, a militarywork called Fort Stevens was constructed at the same time. Near Hell-gate the Harlem lliver enters the East River, and not fardistant are Wards and Randalls Islands. These belong to the corpora-tion of New York. The former contains a spacious emigrants hospital, 404 THE HUDSON. and the latter nursery schools for poor children, and a penal house ofrefuge for juvenile delinquents. This is a delightful portion of the EastEiver, and here the lover of sport may lind good fishing at proper seasons. Wards Island contains about 200 acres, and lies in the East River,from One Hundred and First to One Hundred and Fifteenth Streetsinclusive. The Indians called it Ten-hen-as. It was purchased fromthem by Eirst Director Yan Twilles, in 1637. A portion of the island isa potters field, where about 2,
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