by greenmountaineer
The Arthur Kill is a seaway channel between NJ and Staten Island that is a major thoroughfare for oil refineries that serve the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England states, also the scene of oil spills through the years. "Arthur Kill" is an anglicisation of a Dutch term at the time of Colonial America meaning "back channel."
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By the channel black as crude
Dutchmen named the Arthur Kill.
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