This section covers paddle steamer operations in the New York City area, primarily excursion trips. The leading operator of trips up the Hudson River valley was the Hudson River Day Line.

Passenger paddle steamers operating on the northern edge of New York State on the St Lawrence river between Clayton, the Thousand Island holiday resort and Alexandria Bay …

Aug 30, 2019 · The Fall River Line was so greatly missed that over a thousand former passengers chartered a steamer in the 1950s to retrace the route from New York to Fall River, reviving …

A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine driving paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of …

Jul 30, 2016 · The Hudson River Day Line was the premier steamboat line on the Hudson River from the 1860s through the 1940s, carrying millions of passengers between New York City …

The first Natchez was a low pressure sidewheel steamboat built in New York City in 1823. It originally ran between New Orleans and Natchez, Mississippi, and later catered to Vicksburg, …

Passenger Paddle Steamers in the USA and Canada Above : The last US paddle steamer built for day services in the historical era : Alexander Hamilton of 1924 on the Hudson River at Bear …

Sep 9, 2020 · The “New York” was completely destroyed and later the engine was taken from the smoke-blackened hull, rebuilt, and placed in the new steamboat “Robert Fulton,” which is now …

Steamer Albany and Steamer New York The graceful steamer Albany was built for the Day Line in 1880. The Albany was the first known river steamer to carry three boilers and three …

Jun 17, 2014 · Days after the General Slocum excursion steamer caught fire and sank in the East River, killing over 1,000 people, its older sister ship the Grand Republic — a twin of the …