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Hell Gate

Channel between Manhattan Island, Long Island, and the mainland of New York State, which links New York's East River with Long Island Sound. It received its name from early Dutch navigators, who found its waters treacherous; there was a whirlpool here, and wrecks were frequent. It is today bridged by the Hell Gate Bridge (railway) and the Triborough Bridge (road).



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He was well acquainted with every hole and corner of the Sound, from the Wallabout[1] to Hell Gate, and from Hell Gate unto the Devil's Stepping-Stones; and it was even affirmed that he knew all the fish in the river by their Christian names.
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It was in this year that General Custer was killed by the Sioux; that the flimsy iron railway bridge fell at Ashtabula; that the "Molly Maguires" terrorized Pennsylvania; that the first wire of the Brooklyn Bridge was strung; and that Boss Tweed and Hell Gate were both put out of the way in New York.
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But I woke from my nap in time to hurry up, and see Hell Gate, the Hog's Back, the Frying Pan, and other notorious localities, attractive to all readers of famous Diedrich Knickerbocker's History.
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