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The sawing-off of Manhattan Island is an urban legend about New York City that is largely unverified. It describes a practical joke allegedly perpetrated in 1824, by a retired ship carpenter named Lozier. According to the story, in the 1820s a rumor began circulating among city merchants that the weight of the urban district was causing the southern section of Manhattan Island to sink, near the Battery. It was believed that by cutting the island, towing it out, rotating it 180 degrees, and putting it back in place that Manhattan would be stabilized, and that the thin part of the island could be condemned. The main concern was not the futility of the idea but of Long Island's being in the way. Lozier finally assembled a large workforce and logistical support. At a massive groundbreaking cer

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  • マンハッタン島の挽き離し (ja)
  • Sawing-off of Manhattan Island (en)
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  • The sawing-off of Manhattan Island is an urban legend about New York City that is largely unverified. It describes a practical joke allegedly perpetrated in 1824, by a retired ship carpenter named Lozier. According to the story, in the 1820s a rumor began circulating among city merchants that the weight of the urban district was causing the southern section of Manhattan Island to sink, near the Battery. It was believed that by cutting the island, towing it out, rotating it 180 degrees, and putting it back in place that Manhattan would be stabilized, and that the thin part of the island could be condemned. The main concern was not the futility of the idea but of Long Island's being in the way. Lozier finally assembled a large workforce and logistical support. At a massive groundbreaking cer (en)
  • マンハッタン島の挽き離し(The sawing-off of Manhattan Island、マンハッタンとうのひきはなし)は、大規模に立証されていない、ニューヨーク市の古い話である。これは、ロジャー(Lozier)という引退船の大工によって、1824年に実行されたとされる悪戯(practical joke)について述べる。その話によれば、1820年代に都市商人のあいだで、都市部の重さのために、マンハッタン島南部、バッテリー・パーク・シティ近くが沈下しつつあるといううわさが広まり始めた。島を切り、曳航し、180度回転させ、元に戻せばそうすることによって、マンハッタンは安定するだろう、島の薄い部分は居住不能とされ得るだろう、と考えられた。驚くべきことに、主な関心事は、着想の無益さではなくて、ロングアイランドがじゃまになっているということであった。ロジャーは、最後には労働力と後方支援を集めた。ロジャーは、大がかりな起工式に姿を見せず、ブルックリンに隠れ、何か月も戻らなかった。 (ja)
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  • The sawing-off of Manhattan Island is an urban legend about New York City that is largely unverified. It describes a practical joke allegedly perpetrated in 1824, by a retired ship carpenter named Lozier. According to the story, in the 1820s a rumor began circulating among city merchants that the weight of the urban district was causing the southern section of Manhattan Island to sink, near the Battery. It was believed that by cutting the island, towing it out, rotating it 180 degrees, and putting it back in place that Manhattan would be stabilized, and that the thin part of the island could be condemned. The main concern was not the futility of the idea but of Long Island's being in the way. Lozier finally assembled a large workforce and logistical support. At a massive groundbreaking ceremony, Lozier did not show up, but hid in Brooklyn and did not return for months. The story did not appear in any known newspapers (although the press supposedly did not report on such pranks in that era) and no records have been found to confirm the existence of the individuals involved. This has led to speculation that the incident never occurred and the original report of the hoax was itself a hoax, which is the conclusion Joel Rose suggests in his book, New York Sawed in Half: An Urban Historical (2001). The hoax was first documented in 's (1811-1892) volume The Market Book (1862), as conveyed by his uncle who was Lozier's supposed associate, and was told again in Herbert Asbury's work All Around The Town: Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York (1934, reissued as a Sequel to Gangs of New York). Another condensed retelling occurs in the 1960s Reader's Digest book, Scoundrels and Scallywags: 51 Stories of the Most Fascinating Characters of Hoax and Fraud (1968). (en)
  • マンハッタン島の挽き離し(The sawing-off of Manhattan Island、マンハッタンとうのひきはなし)は、大規模に立証されていない、ニューヨーク市の古い話である。これは、ロジャー(Lozier)という引退船の大工によって、1824年に実行されたとされる悪戯(practical joke)について述べる。その話によれば、1820年代に都市商人のあいだで、都市部の重さのために、マンハッタン島南部、バッテリー・パーク・シティ近くが沈下しつつあるといううわさが広まり始めた。島を切り、曳航し、180度回転させ、元に戻せばそうすることによって、マンハッタンは安定するだろう、島の薄い部分は居住不能とされ得るだろう、と考えられた。驚くべきことに、主な関心事は、着想の無益さではなくて、ロングアイランドがじゃまになっているということであった。ロジャーは、最後には労働力と後方支援を集めた。ロジャーは、大がかりな起工式に姿を見せず、ブルックリンに隠れ、何か月も戻らなかった。 この話は、知られているどの新聞にも出なかった(もっとも、その時代は報道はそういういたずらついて報じなかった)し、関係する複数の個人の存在を確認する記録は見つかっていない。このことが、この事象は決して起こらなかった、捏造それじたいが捏造であった、という推測につながったが、これがジョエル・ローズ(Joel Rose)がその書籍『New York Sawed in Half: An Urban Historical』(2001年)で提示した結論である。捏造は最初、トーマス・F・D・ヴォー(Thomas F. De Voe)(1811年 - 1892年)の書籍『The Market Book』(1862年)のなかで文書化されたが、これは彼のおじ(ロジャーの知人と考えられていたし、ハーバート・アズベリー(Herbert Asbury)の著作『All Around The Town: Murder, Scandal, Riot and Mayhem in Old New York』(1934年。『Gangs of New York』の続きとして発行された)のなかでふたたび語られた)が伝えたことである。別の濃縮された再話は、1960年代のリーダーズ・ダイジェストの書籍『: 51 Stories of the Most Fascinating Characters of Hoax and Fraud』(1968年)にある。 (ja)
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