Old steamboat days on the Hudson River; tales and reminiscences of the stirring times that followed the introduction of steam navigation (1907)
Buckman, David Lear · New York : The Grafton press · leaf 44
d in 1826. They were a marked improvementon the Chancellor Livingston. They cut down boththe time to Albany, as well as the fares, and becamegreat favorites with the public. They were muchlonger and of greater beam. The question was gravelyconsidered whether craft of this length could be ex-pected… … ffl i 1-5 c3 a. OS j3 1 a cO Some of the Old-timers 21 FeetAlbany 212 Swallow 224 DeWitt Clinton ...... 233 Alida 265 Connecticut ....... 300 Empire State 304 Hendrik Hudson 320 Oregon 330 Isaac Newton 338 New World 385 C. W. Morse (Peoples Line, 1907) . . 427 Princeton (Peoples Line, 1908) . . .…
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