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
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
All shipping had been withdrawn from Brooklyn shores, and the German fleet dared not enter the Ambrose Channel and the lower bay so long as the Sandy Hook guns held out.
From The Conquest of America A Romance of Disaster and Victory by Moffett, Cleveland
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