Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A narrow channel in southeast New York separating northern Manhattan Island from the mainland and linking the Harlem and Hudson Rivers.
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Spuyten Duyvil is located in the southern section of the Bronx's Riverdale neighborhood, right across Spuyten Duyvil Creek from the northern-most tip of Manhattan.
Spuyten Duyvil Adds Condos to Backyards Joseph De Avila 2011
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Major-General Alexander Macomb, the "hero of Plattsburg," still overlooks the waters of Spuyten Duyvil Creek.
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It happened, then, in the second week of Queen Olympe's second unconscious reign, that an appalling Whisper floated up the Hudson, effected a landing at a point between Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Cold
Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2 Various 1902
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On, on, and now Jack's blood tingled more sharply, to his very fingers and toes, for they swept beyond Spuyten Duyvil Creek, which his friend pointed out, and the city began to make its appearance.
Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way William Osborn Stoddard 1880
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Manhattan Island Spuyten Duyvil Creek, killed the first sturgeon ever eaten at the foot of this mountain.
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land — Volume 01: the Hudson and its hills 1879
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Tubby Hook; that is, from where ex-Mayor Tiemann's fine old house, with its long conservatories, sat on the edge of the Manhattanville bluff and looked down into the black mouths of the chimneys of the paint-works that had paid for its building, up to the little inn near the junction of Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Hudson River.
Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches Kenneth [Illustrator] Frazier 1875
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Over the years, many business groups, especially in the Bronx, advocated the demolition of the Johnson Ironworks Foundry - built on the banks of the Spuyten Duyvil Creek - and its peninsula because it had created a hardship in getting goods downriver.
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On the further side of Spuyten Duyvil Creek stood Fort Independence, commanding King's
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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Sound to Spuyten Duyvil Creek that could be kept afloat and that had either sails or oars, and have them all in the east harbor of the City by dark. "[
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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York city, "I mean more than a million of people, including everything between Spuyten Duyvil Creek and Gowanus.
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