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Like the iconic Staten Island Ferry, the "Circle Line" was indeed an integral part of myadventure-filled, transit-oriented, 1960s childhood.........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Line_Sightseeing_Cruises

(how well I can recall cruising aboard those sleek, now-retired boats which has been converted from WW2 Navy craft!

["AMERICA'S FAVORITE BOAT RIDE"]

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See also:

https://www.circleline.com

["PIER 83"]

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Here is an interesting look at the CIRCLE LINE fleet, today and yesterday.............

https://www.circleline.com/about/our-boats

["CIRCLE LINE XVI"]

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A landmark vessel with a rich and interesting history..........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Line_X

["FULL AHEAD"]

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Historical trivia:

I've read that, in I905, the steamboat "HERMAN S. CASWELL" became the first to offer sightseeing cruises around Manhattan Island; this operation became the ancestor of today's "CIRCLE LINE"..........

"NYO"


["SEE MANHATTAN BY BOAT!"}

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In its last years of operation, the legendary, now-defunct" HUDSON RIVER DAY LINE" was operated by the "CIRCLE :INE".........

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_Day_Line

["BRyant 9-5151"]

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Scroll down page for a group of historical steamboat photos*......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamship_Authority

["FULL BACK"]

*(Note picture of the "ISLANDER"; she was originally PSNJ's "HACKENSACK", operating on the 125th Street line, before migrating north to New England. Unlike several other PSNJ boats, the "HACKENSACK" never received upper deck cabins)