The Union Ferry Company's ferryboat <i>Atlantic</i> crossing the East River, ca. 1890s. <i>Atlantic</i> was built in 1885 by the Continental Iron Works of Greenpoint, New York, and was the first steel-hulled ferryboat in New York service. The photo is a detail of a much larger photograph showing a panoramic view across the East River.
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