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The History of America Flows Through the Hudson River, and the Country’s Aquatic Superhighway Is on the Rebound
The bucolic river is famous for reversing its current a few times each day. Now, an ongoing cleanup effort is reversing decades of industrial contamination
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November 19, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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