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Definition of Harlem River
1. Noun. A channel separating Manhattan from the Bronx.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harlem River
Literary usage of Harlem River
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate (1915)
"... hundred and seventy- eight, by reason of the construction of the Willis avenue
bridge over the Harlem river, ..."
2. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1905)
"Report of the Special Committee,on the preamble and resolutions relative to
building a bridge to support iron pipes across the Harlem river. ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery of the State by New York (State). Court of Chancery, Lewis Halsey Sandford, 1807-1852 (1848)
"When the bill was filed, the number of passengers who crossed the Harlem River
daily in the cars of the Harlem rail road, was one hundred and upwards. ..."
4. The Memorial History of the City of New-York: From Its First Settlement to by James Grant Wilson (1893)
"It is but eight miles across from the Hudson to the East River by the line of
the Harlem River and the Spuyten Duyvil creek. A channel-way through, ..."
5. Journal by New York (State). Legislature. Senate, United States Congress. Senate (1868)
"... all the city railroad fran- Third avenue from 125th street to Harlem bridge,
about.... | mile. 130th street from Third avenue^to Harlem river, about..-. ..."
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