Editing Hoboken Terminal (section)

=== 19th century ===
The site of the terminal had been used since colonial times to link Manhattan Island and points west.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hoboken train crash highlights safety delays: HOBOKEN TRAIN CRASH |id={{ProQuest|1825012188}} |work=The Journal News |date=2 October 2016 |location=White Plains, New York |page=A.14 }}</ref> In 1811, the first steam-powered ferries began called Hoboken Ferryboats service under [[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|John Stevens]], an inventor who founded Hoboken.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hoboken, New Jersey, The Mile Square City: A Brief History |url=https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/unused_content/hoboken-new-jersey-the-mile-square-city-a-brief-history/ |website=hobokenmuseum.org |access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref> In 1889, due to several complaints through ''[[The New York Times]]'', changes were made to the service such as bigger boats for passengers, and more trips.<ref>{{cite news |title=BETTER BOATS PROMISED.; THE HOBOKEN FERRY MANAGERS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1889/01/09/archives/better-boats-promised-the-hoboken-ferry-managers-to-make.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 January 1889 }}</ref>

The coming of the railroads brought more and more travelers to the west bank of the [[Hudson River]]. [[Cut (earthmoving)|Cuts]] and tunnels were constructed through [[Bergen Hill]] to rail–ferry terminals on the west bank of the river and the [[Upper New York Bay]]. The first of the [[Bergen Tunnels]] under [[Jersey City Heights]] was opened in 1877 by the [[Morris and Essex Railroad]], which was leased by the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] (DL&W).<ref>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|93586583}} |title=THE NEW BERGEN TUNNEL; FORMAL OPENING OF THE WORK, DESCRIPTION OF THE TUNNEL WHAT IS GAINED BY THE IMPROVEMENT THE COST OF THE WORK THE OPENING TO BE CELEBRATED ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE MORRIS AND ESSEX RAILROAD |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1877/05/12/archives/the-new-bergen-tunnel-formal-opening-of-the-work-description-of-the.html |work=The New York Times |date=12 May 1877 }}</ref>