Post by redbirdr33 on Sept 12, 2016 6:41:26 GMT -8
Hudson River (North of NYC) Ferries , Motor Vessels and Steamboats
The Almanac is something that I usually post on a different board but several of today's items are about steamboats which may be of interest to some here.
Tuscarora Almanac – September 6, 1971 – The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The Hudson River Day Line Steamboat ALEXANDER HAMILTON made her final trip under steam today ending forty eight years of service on the Hudson River.
The HAMILTON was built in 1924 at the Bethlehem Shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland. She displaced 2367 gross tons and was 338 feet in length. The HAMILTON’s retirement was not a happy one. She was shifted from one point to another in the New York area before being tied up at the Navy Pier in Leonardo, New Jersey. She sank during a server nor’easter during the night of November 7-8, 1977.
Source: Hudson River Day Line (2nd Edition, Fordham University Press, 1990) by Mr. Donald C. Ringwald
Tuscarora Almanac – September 12, 1948 – The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The Hudson River Day Line steamboat HENDRICK HUDSON made her final trip under steam today ending forty three years of service on the Hudson River.
Tuscarora Almanac – September 12, 1948 – The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The steamboat POTAMAC makes her final trips under steam operating three excursions on the Potomac River out of Washington, D.C. She was built for the Hudson River Day Line as the ALBANY at the Harlan & Hollingsworth Yard in Wilmington, Delaware being launched on January 13, 1880. She entered Hudson River service on July 3 of that year replacing the DANIEL DREW of 1860.
She served the day until 1934 and was then sold to B.B. Wills for his Potomac River Line.
Sources: “Hudson River Day Line” (Howell-North Books / 1965) by Mr. Donald C. Ringwald
“Twilight On The Bay” (Tidewater Publishers / 1998) by Mr. Brian J. Cudahy
After ending service the POTAMAC (a) ALBANY was converted to a barge and renamed WARE RIVER. Her final disposition remains unknown. Her official number is 105098.
Any information would be appreciated.
Thank You
Larry, RedbirdR33
Tuscarora Almanac - September 12, 1954 - The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The Hudson River Day Line steamboat ROBERT FULTON made her last trip under steam today on a charter for Indian Point. She had been in service on the river since 1909.
She was built in 1909 at the New York Shipbuilding Yard in Camden, New Jersey and entered service on May 29, 1909 making her inaugural run from New York to Albany.
She replaced the NEW YORK which had burned and sunk at Newburgh on October 21, 1908.
After ending her Hudson River service she became community center in the Bahamas for many years until she was dismantled.
Source:" Hudson River Day Line"(Howell-North Books / 1965) by Mr. Donald C. Ringwald
2) "The Robert Fulton Passes", article, (Steamboat Bill / September, 1956) by Mr. William H. Ewen
The Almanac is something that I usually post on a different board but several of today's items are about steamboats which may be of interest to some here.
Tuscarora Almanac – September 6, 1971 – The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The Hudson River Day Line Steamboat ALEXANDER HAMILTON made her final trip under steam today ending forty eight years of service on the Hudson River.
The HAMILTON was built in 1924 at the Bethlehem Shipyard in Sparrows Point, Maryland. She displaced 2367 gross tons and was 338 feet in length. The HAMILTON’s retirement was not a happy one. She was shifted from one point to another in the New York area before being tied up at the Navy Pier in Leonardo, New Jersey. She sank during a server nor’easter during the night of November 7-8, 1977.
Source: Hudson River Day Line (2nd Edition, Fordham University Press, 1990) by Mr. Donald C. Ringwald
Tuscarora Almanac – September 12, 1948 – The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The Hudson River Day Line steamboat HENDRICK HUDSON made her final trip under steam today ending forty three years of service on the Hudson River.
Tuscarora Almanac – September 12, 1948 – The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The steamboat POTAMAC makes her final trips under steam operating three excursions on the Potomac River out of Washington, D.C. She was built for the Hudson River Day Line as the ALBANY at the Harlan & Hollingsworth Yard in Wilmington, Delaware being launched on January 13, 1880. She entered Hudson River service on July 3 of that year replacing the DANIEL DREW of 1860.
She served the day until 1934 and was then sold to B.B. Wills for his Potomac River Line.
Sources: “Hudson River Day Line” (Howell-North Books / 1965) by Mr. Donald C. Ringwald
“Twilight On The Bay” (Tidewater Publishers / 1998) by Mr. Brian J. Cudahy
After ending service the POTAMAC (a) ALBANY was converted to a barge and renamed WARE RIVER. Her final disposition remains unknown. Her official number is 105098.
Any information would be appreciated.
Thank You
Larry, RedbirdR33
Tuscarora Almanac - September 12, 1954 - The Book of Last Runs (Maritime Division)
The Hudson River Day Line steamboat ROBERT FULTON made her last trip under steam today on a charter for Indian Point. She had been in service on the river since 1909.
She was built in 1909 at the New York Shipbuilding Yard in Camden, New Jersey and entered service on May 29, 1909 making her inaugural run from New York to Albany.
She replaced the NEW YORK which had burned and sunk at Newburgh on October 21, 1908.
After ending her Hudson River service she became community center in the Bahamas for many years until she was dismantled.
Source:" Hudson River Day Line"(Howell-North Books / 1965) by Mr. Donald C. Ringwald
2) "The Robert Fulton Passes", article, (Steamboat Bill / September, 1956) by Mr. William H. Ewen
