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New York Harbor tour, part 6: Pier 40, boats on the Hudson, Chelsea Piers, Empire State Building

The sixth in a series of videos from an evening cruise around New York Harbor and up the Hudson River aboard a New York Water Taxi boat, sponsored by the Working Harbor Committee. Here we proceed up the Hudson River, with Manhattan just off the starboard side. We view Pier 40, used by Holland America Line in the 1960s, and other waterfront landmarks in the Greenwich Village and Chelsea sections of Manhattan, including the Chelsea Piers. Built in the early 1900s, the Chelsea Piers (originally Piers 54 through 62) saw the arrival and departure of many of the great transatlantic ocean liners during the first half of the 20th century. Pier 59 here was the intended destination of the ill-fated White Star liner RMS Titanic in 1912; survivors picked up by the Cunard steamship Carpathia were brought to the Cunard pier, 54. Some three years later, on May 1, 1915, Cunard's RMS Luisitania sailed from Pier 54 and was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off the coast of Ireland on May 7. Today, the Chelsea Piers house a large sports and entertainment complex. We also see sailboats from a local sailing school, as well as a modern river boat of the kind used for sightseeing cruises on the River Seine in Paris. On-board commentary during this harbor and river tour was provided by maritime historian, author, and lecturer Bill Miller and Captain John Doswell. Video shot on the evening of June 11, 2013.