The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, also known as the Jersey City Powerhouse in

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Hudson County,

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

, United States, was built in 1908. The powerhouse made possible the subway system between New Jersey and New York for the

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) is a rapid transit system in the northeastern New Jersey cities of Newark, Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken, as well as Lower and Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is operated as a wholly owned ...

(which became PATH in 1963). It was built under the leadership of

William Gibbs McAdoo William Gibbs McAdoo Jr.McAdoo is variously differentiated from family members of the same name: * Dr. William Gibbs McAdoo (1820–1894) – sometimes called "I" or "Senior" * William Gibbs McAdoo (1863–1941) – sometimes called "II" or "Ju ...

, president of the railroad. The powerhouse was closed in 1929 and used as a storage place for railroad equipment. In the 1990s, the building was cited by Preservation New Jersey as one of the state's ten most endangered historic sites. The powerhouse was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

on November 23, 2001, for its significance in architecture, engineering, and transportation. With It is located near the

Harborside Financial Center Harborside is an office complex in the Exchange Place district of Jersey City, New Jersey located on the Hudson Waterfront. All the buildings are owned and managed by Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, with the exception of Harborside Plaza 10, wh ...

and Harsimus Cove on the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between Ne ...

waterfront in an area undergoing much redevelopment. Efforts to stabilize the powerhouse from further deterioration began July 2009 and continued through 2010. In 2011 the

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, PANYNJ; stylized, in logo since 2020, as Port Authority NY NJ, is a joint venture between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate compact authorize ...

agreed to transfer its 55% ownership of the building to its co-owner, Jersey City, in exchange for a nearby lot where they will build an underground electric sub-station. It was determined that the iconic smokestacks could not be saved, leading to their removal.

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* * {{PATH (rail system) Buildings and structures in Jersey City, New Jersey History of Jersey City, New Jersey PATH (rail system) Energy infrastructure completed in 1908 Transport infrastructure completed in 1908 Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey New Jersey Register of Historic Places Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey 1908 establishments in New Jersey Transportation buildings and structures in Hudson County, New Jersey

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