Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises is a boat-based sightseeing and entertainment company in Manhattan, New York. Its principal business is operating guided tours of New York City from its base at Pier 83
The now-retired Circle Line X
Miss Liberty, 1973. Photo by Arthur Tress.
The Circle Line XVII touring the Harlem River
Fireworks at Pier 83 in 2006.
Following the September 11 attacks in New York City, many people were unable to leave Lower Manhattan due to the closure of bridges and tunnels and mass transportation. Within minutes of the first pla
Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises
…September 17 "Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises Day" in 2008. In 2001, Circle Line vessels helped transport victims of the September 11 attacks in the maritime evacuation following them. Many were brought to what has since become the site of Hudson Riverfront 9/11 Memorial in Weehawken, New Jersey. After US Airways Flight 1549 was…
United States Coast Guard patrolling the New York Harbor with the impact area of World Trade Center in sight, September 11, 2001.
Patrol Boat Hocking of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers en route to the site of the World Trade Center.