Hell Gate (New York City, New York)

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The confluence of Long Island Sound/The East River & The Harlem River at Randalls Island has long been a incredibly turbulent waterway when the tides are running. While easy to navigate at slack tides, even for people in kayaks, currents up to 5-10 knots are not unusual when the tide floods back in from New York Harbor & The Atlantic or when the tide flows out from The Long Island Sound. Each year there are still numerous accidents and small wrecks in this dangerous stretch of water which offers little room for error and less time to make decisions if something goes wrong. It is believed that the H.M.S. Hussar sunk in this waters omewhere between Port Morris and Montressor’s Island along with a fortune of gold coins.

An interesting sidenote, this was the site of one of the worlds most powerful non-nuclear explosions when a troublesome reef was exploded with several tons of TNT.

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untappedcities.com/2013/07/23/mailbag-are-millions-gold...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate
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Coordinates:   40°47'7"N   73°55'36"W

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