Untreated sewage and the 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls that General Electric dumped in the Hudson River turned the harbor into a cesspool.

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"It works on Boston Harbor water, on Charles River water, anything, " says Metcalfe.

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In August 1807 the North River Steamboat of Clermont set out from New York Harbor on its maiden voyage to Albany.

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