Hudson River Day Line : the story of a great American steamboat company by Donald C. Ringwald (1990)
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vi - map - Hudson River
vii - 143 miles from Albany to New York City
viii - Hudson River Day Line - 1863 to 1949
1 - Fulton and Livingstone - first steamboat from New York City to Albany and back in 1807 (granted a 20 year monopoly)
3 - in 1824 - Supreme Court of US rules unconstitutional to prohibit other steam boats on the Hudson River
. . . Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. (9 Wheat.) 1 (1824)
5 - beginnings of Day Lines and Night Lines - late 1820's
7 - 1840's - peak number of steam boats between Albany and New York City
8 - in 1851 - railroad connects New York City and near Albany
13 - in 1825 - the Erie Canal opens
20 - in 1863 - the ship The City of Albany - New York City to Poughkeepsie in 3 hours and 40 minutes
30 - in 1860 - Daniel Drew covered New York City to Albany in 7 hours and 20 minutes
31 - The Palisades in photo
33 - in 1864 - the Chancey Vibbard travels New York City to Albany in 7 hours and 20 minutes
35 - Day Line season runs from Late May or early June to the close of October
44 - in 1864 - have +100,000 passengers
47 - map of routes
52 - good part of the 19th century the name of the captain was often carried in advertising along with the name of the boat
52 - in 1850's - pilots and engineers required to licensed by federal regulations
56 - human chain method of handling trunks while unloading
57 - in 1879 - Hudson River Line is incorporated
58 - iron hull (vs wood) for the new steamboat The Albany
68 - in 1886 - the Daniel Drew steamboat burns down at Kingston Point
72 - 1890 - Day Line steamer smoke stack color changed from black to buff
93 - other steam boat lines on the Hudson - including night lines
103 - maiden voyage of the Hendrick (Henry) Hudson in 1906, licensed to carry 5,000 passengers
107 - Hendrick Hudson - Persian writing room and a photographic dark room
111 - in 1908 the steamer the New York catches fire and burns down
115 - in 1908 the steamer the Robert Fulton launches
118 - in 1909 - 500,000 passengers carried by Day Line
123 - in 1912 - the Washington Irving launches with 6,000 passenger capacity
128 - Alhambra writing room
140 - the Washington Irving northbound on a Sunday and flying her church flag above the national flag on her aft pole
141 - steamboats not permitted to land at West Point on Sundays until 1960
144 - in 1920 - Day Line had 1.4 million passengers
146 - in 1921 the trial run of the DeWitt Clinton
134 - in 1922 the beginning of the shift from burning coal to burning oil
160 - in 1925 - the Day Line fleet at maximum capacity of 28,000 passengers
160 - in 1925 - 1.9 million passengers
162 - in 1926 - Sesquicentennial Expo in Philadelphia (the 150th anniversary of independence)
164 - June 1, 1926 - the steamer Washington Irving has a collision with an oil barge and sinks near a pier in New Jersey
167 - in 1927 - the Peter Stuyvesant launched, the last vessel constructed for the company
181 - in 1938 - passengers carried drops to 1 million
192 - in 1938 - the end of the Night Line steamers on the Hudson
201 - in 1948 the Day Line discontinues service
211 - in 1971 - the last trip of the Alexander Hamilton
211 - in 1972 - the DayLiner a diesel engined boat begins service on the Hudson, runs through 1989
"the railroad bridge reopened on October 3, 2009, as a pedestrian walkway as part of the new Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park."
--- Hudson River Revival
