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Book Synopsis Night Boat to New York by : Erik Hesselberg
Download or read book Night Boat to New York written by Erik Hesselberg and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A portrait of the steamboat era, when a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck's Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge"--
Book Synopsis Along the Valley Line by : Max R. Miller
Download or read book Along the Valley Line written by Max R. Miller and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Connecticut Valley Railroad once carried both passengers and freight along the west bank of the Connecticut River between Hartford and Old Saybrook. Completed in 1871, today the railroad is known throughout New England for the nostalgic steam-powered excursion trains that run on a portion of the line between Essex and Chester. Until now the history of this popular tourist attraction has been the stuff of local lore and legend. This book, written by railroad historian and former vice president and director of Valley Railroad, Max R. Miller, provides the first comprehensive history of the Connecticut Valley Railroad through maps, ephemera, and archival photographs of the trains, bridges, and scenery surrounding the line. Offering tales of train wrecks, ghost sightings, booms and busts, Along the Valley Line will be treasured by railroad enthusiasts and historians alike.
Book Synopsis An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce: Wrecked On The Western Coast of Africa, in The Month of August, 1815, With an Accoun by : James Riley
Download or read book An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce: Wrecked On The Western Coast of Africa, in The Month of August, 1815, With an Accoun written by James Riley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis The Connecticut River by : Edmund Thomas Delaney
Download or read book The Connecticut River written by Edmund Thomas Delaney and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Connecticut River Shipbuilding by : Wick Griswold
Download or read book Connecticut River Shipbuilding written by Wick Griswold and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipbuilding and shipping have always been key elements in the life of Essex. Since the seventeenth century, the men and women of the lower Connecticut River Valley sustained maritime traditions that spanned the globe in splendid wooden sailing vessels. Their accomplishments include building the first warship of the Connecticut navy and the world's first submarine. They also served as packet ship captains, navigators and skilled crew members who crossed the Atlantic. The Essex area was also home to dedicated craftsmen who produced some of the finest yachts ever built. Noted historians Wick Griswold and Ruth Major detail one village's important role in American maritime history.
Book Synopsis Hudson River Steamboat Catastrophes by : J. Thomas Allison
Download or read book Hudson River Steamboat Catastrophes written by J. Thomas Allison and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the mid-1800s, steamboats carried people between New York City and the Albany area on the Hudson River. Romantic images lull us into believing it was a quiet means of travel, but a crowded river, faulty equipment and the bravado of the captains resulted in at least one major catastrophe every year. Night boats collided and sank, carelessness caused boiler explosions, races put passengers at risk and fires would quickly swallow the wooden vessels. The grand "Empire of Troy "suffered many collisions. The "Swallow" broke in two on a rock, "Reindeer"'s explosion took forty lives at once and the "Oregon" and "C. Vanderbilt" entered into an epic and dangerous race. Collected from eyewitness accounts, these are some of the most exciting and frightening stories of peril aboard steamboats on the Hudson River.
Book Synopsis History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts: History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts. History of Hampshire County by :
Download or read book History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts: History of the Connecticut Valley in Massachusetts. History of Hampshire County written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States by : Southworth Allen Howland
Download or read book Steamboat Disasters and Railroad Accidents in the United States written by Southworth Allen Howland and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut by : Henry Reed Stiles
Download or read book The History and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut written by Henry Reed Stiles and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Middlesex County, Connecticut by :
Download or read book History of Middlesex County, Connecticut written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Hidden History of Middlesex County, Connecticut by : Robert Hubbard and Kathleen Hubbard
Download or read book Hidden History of Middlesex County, Connecticut written by Robert Hubbard and Kathleen Hubbard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Middlesex County is one of the most historic communities in the nation, some of its past is little known. Researchers found dinosaur tracks in Middlefield that date back 200 million years. The author of Dr. Dolittle, Hugh Lofting, lived in Killingworth, and a young Dr. Seuss spent summers in Clinton. Constance Baker Motley, the first female African American federal judge, resided in Chester. A Portland lake has water levels that fluctuate for no apparent reason. An Essex blacksmith shop was America's oldest continuously run family business. Local authors Robert and Kathleen Hubbard reveal these and many other unforgettable stories.
Book Synopsis History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889 by : William Howard Tucker
Download or read book History of Hartford, Vermont, July 4, 1761-April 4, 1889 written by William Howard Tucker and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Night Boat to New York by : Erik Hesselberg
Download or read book Night Boat to New York written by Erik Hesselberg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931, is a portrait of the vanished steamboat days–when a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck’s Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. At one time, Hartford could boast two thousand steamboat arrivals and departures in a year. Altogether, some thirty-five large steamboats were in service on the Connecticut River in these years, largely on the Hartford to New York City route. These Long Island Sound steamers, unlike the tubby, wedding cake dowagers of Western waters, were long, sleek craft, with sharp prows cutting a neat wake as they cruised along. Departing each afternoon from State Street or Talcott Street wharf in Hartford, the “night boats” reached New York at daybreak, inaugurating a pattern of city commuting that continues to this day. Steamboating not only brought people and goods—Colt’s firearms and Essex’s pianos—down river to New York for export to world markets, but also helped America’s inland “Spa Culture” transplant itself to the seashore, making steamboating not just convenient transportation but also a social phenomenon noted by such writers as Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. No wonder crowds wept in the fall of 1931, when the last steamboats, made obsolete by the automobile, churned away from the dock and headed downriver—never to return.
Book Synopsis Steamboats on Long Island Sound by : Norman J. Brouwer
Download or read book Steamboats on Long Island Sound written by Norman J. Brouwer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-03 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Fulton built the worlds first commercially successful steamboat in 1807, but it was not until after the War of 1812 that these vessels entered service along the Long Island Sound. For 127 years, between 1815 and 1942, steamboats provided a link between New York and cities in southern New England, greatly reducing travel time. Steamboats served the Connecticut cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Derby, New Haven, Hartford, New London, Norwich, and Stonington. They also linked New York to the Rhode Island cities of Newport, Bristol, and Providence as well as the southern Massachusetts cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The rapid expansion of industries in southern New England gave steamboats the additionally important role of transporting raw materials to mills and factories and their finished products to New York. Rivalries between steamboat services led to the construction of faster, larger, and more elegantly furnished boats, resulting in the floating palaces that were some of the largest and most majestic steamboats the world had ever seen.
Book Synopsis Fodor's New England by : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
Download or read book Fodor's New England written by Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff and published by Fodors Travel Publications. This book was released on 2008-08-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes major tourist attractions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, providing expanded coverage of Hartford, Boston, and Cape Cod
Book Synopsis History of Greenfield by : Francis McGee Thompson
Download or read book History of Greenfield written by Francis McGee Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Montague by : Edward Pearson Pressey
Download or read book History of Montague written by Edward Pearson Pressey and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
