Harsimus Stem Embankment

[2] This elevated stone structure was once owned and operated by Conrail and carried seven tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Passaic and Harsimus Line to its freight yards and carfloat operations on the Hudson River at Harsimus Cove, and to its warehouse and distribution facility (now Harborside Financial Center).

The line was part of the railroad's holdings on the waterfront, which included the Exchange Place passenger terminal and the Greenville Yard.

[4] In January 2006, Jersey City requested a ruling from the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to determine the legality of the sale and whether Conrail had followed the proper abandonment procedure.

The matter was resolved in September 2010, when a federal court ruled that the sale to the developer was legal and that the city had not previously exercised its first option to buy the right-of-way from Conrail.

The decision meant the Embankment was not under the jurisdiction of STB and the City's pending eminent domain litigation in Hudson County's Superior Court could proceed.