Around Manhattan Island and other maritime tales of New York
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Author
Publication
1997 - Fordham University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
67,250 words, Guess
Page Count
269 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1010198M
- ISBN-100823217604
- OCLC Control Number35970527
- OCLC Control Numberaroundmanhattani0000cuda
- Library of Congress Control Number96050263
and 2 more
- LibraryThing8717845
- Goodreads1917138
Classifications
- DDC387.1/09747/1
- LCCHE554.N7 C83 1997
Description
Cudahy begins with a history of the Circle Line and its forerunners and erstwhile competitors in the around-Manhattan sightseeing business. Next, he gives us the fascinating story of the fastest ocean linear of all time: the S.S. United States. The noble history of the New York Fire Department's fire boats is next, followed by the story of the Iron Steamboat Company's sidewheelers, which ferried passengers to the magical Coney Island from 1881 to 1932. Then there is the tragic 1932 explosion of the steamboat Observation, with its parallels to an earlier and even more devastating tragedy at nearly the same spot. Finally, Cudahy tells, in fascinating detail, of the New York-to-Bermuda cruises - as they were in yesteryear, and as they are today.
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