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The port of New York, Manhattan Harbor, is always bustling; any resident of or visitor to New York is quick to recognize the integral part the port plays in the life of the city, but the vessels that keep it alive are rarely focused on. In these six stories, Brian Cudahy provides us with a unique and wonderful tour of the port of New York through the 20th century. From the Iron Steamboat Company to the Norwiegan Cruise lines, Around Manhattan Island is a treasure for all with an interest in maritime history, and for all who love New York.
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Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York
author
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Cudahy, Brian J.
publisher
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Fordham University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0823217612
print isbn13
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9780823217618
ebook isbn13
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9780585125459
language
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English
subject
Harbors--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
publication date
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1997
lcc
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HE554.N7C83 1997eb
ddc
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387.1/09747/1
subject
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Harbors--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.
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Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York
BRIAN J. CUDAHY
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS New York 1997
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Copyright 1997 by Brian J. Cudahy All rights reserved LC 96-50263 ISBN 0-8232-1760-4 (hardcover) ISBN 0-8232-1761-2 (paperback)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cudahy, Brian J. Around Manhattan Island and other maritime tales of New York/by Brian J. Cudahy. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8232-1760-4 (hardcover). ISBN 0-8232-1761-2 (pbk.) 1.Harbors New York (State) New York History 20th century. I. Title. HE554.N7C83 1997 387.1'09747'1 dc2196-50263 CIP
Printed in the United States of America
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Contents
Introduction
vii
1. Around Manhattan Island: Circle Line's First Fifty Years
1
2. When the SS United States Won the North Atlantic Blue Riband
49
3. FDNY Fireboats
77
4. Down the Bay to Coney Island: The Iron Steamboat Company
121
5. Another Disaster at Hell Gate: The Loss of the Steamboat Observation
157
6. From Ambrose Light to Five Fathom Hole: New York to Bermuda by Sea
169
Appendices
225
Indices
259
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Introduction
This book contains six different stories about six different maritime subjects, each involving the port of New York in a central and important way. A second theme common to all six stories perhaps the only other one is sheer personal interest on my part. I do not profess that these six tales deal with the six most central or important developments in the overall history of the port of New York. I simply assert they are six stories that I believe are interesting and deserve telling. The sequence in which they are told here is quite arbitrary.
Chapter 1 is a history of around-Manhattan Island sightseeing service and was written to help commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Circle Line in 1995. An earlier and somewhat shorter version of this chapter was published in the Fall 1995 issue of Steamboat Bill. I must acknowledge the encouragement that William Rau, that journal's editor, gave me in preparing the original version. I must also thank Joseph A. Moran, president of Circle Line-Statue of Liberty Ferry, Inc., for taking time to share his recollections of Circle Line's early days. Circle Line's current leadership Chairman Karl Andren and President August Cerridini were generous in discussing current policy and future plans. And for insights into actual Circle Line operations both in the wheelhouse
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and below decks in the engine room Captain Ken Cochran must be thanked for his assistance.
Two inanimate objects are also worthy of mention with respect to chapter 1: a red and white bicycle and a battered old rowboat. The bicycle was mine, and on it I would ride from my home in Flatbush to a place called Mill Basin, there to keep tabs on the Circle Line sightseeing fleet while the boats were laid up over the winter. Once, as winter was ending, my brother Roger and I decided we needed a closer look at the fleet, so we hired a rowboat at a marina along Flatbush Avenue. The owner of the marina was understandably perplexed when his two customers left the dock and, instead of heading out toward the open water of Jamaica Bay where the fish were biting, proceeded further inland into the brackish waters of Mill Basin.
Our trip proved to be quite rewarding. Because when we maneuvered the rowboat up close to where the sightseeing yachts were tied up, we saw something that couldn't be seen from our usual shoreside vantage point: an old surplus Coast Guard cutter. "I wonder what Circle Line is going to use that for?" we asked each other as we returned the rowboat to the marina. We would soon find out.
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