Ahurricane watch, meaning hurricane conditions could arrive within48hours, were issued north of SandyHook up to theMerrimack RiverinNewEngland, according totheNational hurricane Center.
When the Erie Canal connected the Great Lakes to the shores of Red Hook via the Hudson Riverin 1825, a new shipping centre was born, and by 1848 more than 800 homes, workers' boarding houses and warehouses had sprung up by the bustling docks.