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Ambrose Channel

American  

noun

  1. a ship channel at the entrance to New York harbor, near Sandy Hook. 7½ miles (12 km) long.


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The Ambrose Lightship and Ambrose Channel are named for him.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2014

The view of the city rising to scratch the sky is incredible when sighted from Ambrose Channel at dawn, and the views only improve as you motor north on a slow bell through the Narrows.

From New York Times • May 19, 2011

The day begins in earnest when the first ship with newsworthy passengers aboard picks up its pilot and starts up Ambrose Channel toward Staten Island.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Cherbourg breakwater to Ambrose Channel Lightship, 3,078 miles, she traveled in 5 days, 7 hours, 20 minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

The steamer had now passed Romer Light and Sandy Hook and was through the Ambrose Channel.

From Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton by Emerson, Alice B.

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