Ambrose Channel
Americannoun
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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
Reason for the change: in its new location the Ambrose's 5,000-candlepower light will be a more accurate beacon for ships entering narrow Ambrose Channel from the deep Atlantic 20 miles east of Staten Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
A ship equipped with an echo-sounder could pick up the gorge 130 miles out, follow it all the way in to Ambrose Channel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next morning, before reveille, the Justicia slipped quietly down New York Bay, thru Ambrose Channel, and into the Atlantic.
From Company B, 307th Infantry Its history, honor roll, company roster, Sept., 1917, May, 1919 by Klausner, Julius
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