Circle Line Pier 83
Hell's Kitchen | built 1967
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- 1955
Circle Line moves its Manhattan boat tours to Pier 83 on the Hudson River
In December 1955 the sightseeing company, founded in 1945 by Frank Barry, Joe Moran and their partners, moved to Pier 83 in Hell's Kitchen. Its own history credits the move with securing the firm's standing as tourism in the city grew. Five years earlier it had added larger, more powerful boats that could complete the full 35-mile loop around Manhattan in under three hours.
Source: circleline.com
- 1965
Circle Line reaches 10 million passengers and starts a $3 million renovation of Pier 83
The company counted its ten-millionth passenger in December 1965 and began a major expansion of its Hudson River pier at the same time. The $3 million renovation gave Pier 83 a second deck, parking, offices and revised loading areas. By then the boats the company ran on the Manhattan circuit had been operating from this berth for a decade.
Source: circleline.com
- 2001
Circle Line halts its tours on September 11 and uses six boats to carry 30,000 people to New Jersey
On the day of the 2001 attacks the sightseeing fleet stopped taking tourists and went into emergency service. According to the company's own timeline, six of its vessels moved about 30,000 people from Manhattan to New Jersey.
Source: circleline.com
- 2009
Circle Line boats help rescue passengers after US Airways Flight 1549 lands in the Hudson
When US Airways Flight 1549 made its emergency water landing in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, vessels of the Hell's Kitchen sightseeing company helped bring the passengers to safety. The company's history calls its role vital in what became known as the Miracle on the Hudson. Later that year, in June, it launched two new boats, Circle Line Brooklyn and Circle Line Queens.
Source: circleline.com
Further reading
- Circle Line Sightseeing CruisesWikipedia
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