Places Where We Lived Part 4 - Cold Spring

Cold Spring N.Y.










Haldane Central School (Above, right and below right)











The Smoking Wall (Above)

The Village of Cold Spring




































Tunnel To Hudson River

Village History:

Until 1818 Cold Spring was a small settlement nestled on the shores of the Hudson River at its narrowest point -- although folk lore would have it that the it was christened by General George Washington when, around 1780, he took a sip of water from the spring and announced, "Cold Spring."

The village of Cold Spring grew up around the West Point Foundry. The foundry, which opened in 1818 and made guns, cannons and steam engines, employed 1,400 people at its height and closed in 1911. Most of the housing in the village dates from that era. The West Point Military Academy is visiable directly across the Hudson River from Cold Spring Harbour.

Fun Fact:

The Village of Cold Spring Board gave the green light for Paramount Pictures to film a scene from their big-budget remake of "War of the Worlds" on the lower half of Main Street. The shooting ran from 3:00 pm to 7:00 am every day from December 6 through December 9.

The scene promised to be a spectacular one in the $270 million Steven Spielberg picture, and it was. Tentatively titled "Out of the Night." In it, hundreds of people are trying to board a ferryboat to cross the Hudson River to escape from the alien invasion. Cruise’s character jumps on the boat just in time, as alien blasts explode a nearby ticket booth and generally wreaks havoc on the nearby surroundings.

Bear Mountain Parkway

Bear Mountain Outlook

View from Perkins Drive