Port Jervis, NY & John Bloomfield Jervis - History of an Engineer and his namesake (New York State)

Port Jervis, New York, owes its name to John Bloomfield Jervis, a (Roman) engineer who played a pivotal role in shaping early American transportation. The trajectory of his impressive career was highly affected by this quiet city by the border of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania #trains #newyork #portjervis
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[@paulwest471]

I work at the glass factory in port jervis we still operate like it did over 100 years ago

[@petercarmeci8317]

Nice job. I have a summer home about 20 miles from Port Jervis.

[@HellbowMediaLLC]

I grew up in Port from 1997 to 2014. My dad and brother still live there. It's extremely under under rated but social media is ruining

[@LocalNYhistory]

Very cool, and what do you mean about social media ruining it? I mean, isn't this social media? haha

[@HellbowMediaLLC]

@@LocalNYhistory I mean the amount of people that flood is now because they daw the hawks nest on ig or whatever. The take up the entire road completely disregarding actual traffic so they can get there picture. And don't get me started kn the trash. They(not everyone but alot) leave garbage everywhere. Ans when they take a river trip they sink all the glass ans cans. Making it polluted and unuseble. Ans by unstable I just mean you literally walk down a shallow part of rhe Delaware and if you don't wear shoes you will get cut.

[@poormanshellcat]

Port jervis is called "dirt jervis" in other parts of ny ​@@LocalNYhistory

[@jamesusmanov4864]

You did a great job with this video.
I have a cabin not far from Port Jervis. So I drive past it all the time. I would love to invest in this town one of these days and help improve this community and help preserve its history. Thank you for doing your part.

[@LocalNYhistory]

Thanks and sounds like a great plan

[@user-gf3lw5pi4t]

Great video ❤

[@suzannesosiewicz5960]

7:25 im a volunteer at the museum at port and i just wanna say that our turntable is not the largest in the us but only the largest operating one on the east coast there are others that are much larger

[@suzannesosiewicz5960]

Thanks for the exposure though, and great video!

[@scottcook9823]

Excellent video.. My Uncle L Dan Larkin wrote a book on Jervis.. Thank You

[@LocalNYhistory]

Very cool! Was his book about the man or the place? Thanks for watching

[@scottcook9823]

The man. Its in Jervis library amoung other places. he was also interviewed on the history channel for the erie canal - Modern Engineering marvels@@LocalNYhistory

[@elizabethibarra9073]

Very cool imagery. Did you use AI?

[@derekmanthey8811]

They're not Delaware"s. Try Lenni Lenape

[@DSAK55]

That AI crap does NOT help in any way.
BTW, just across the river is the homestead of Charles Sanders Peirce