Hudson River Lighthouses
Hudson River Lighthouses

Author: Hudson River Maritime Museum

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467103306

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Lighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue of Liberty. This fascinating history with photos will bring the time of traffic along the river alive. Set against the backdrop of purple mountains, lush hillsides, and tidal wetlands, the lighthouses of the Hudson River were built between 1826 and 1921 to improve navigational safety on a river teeming with freight and passenger traffic. Unlike the towering beacons of the seacoasts, these river lighthouses were architecturally diverse, ranging from short conical towers to elaborate Victorian houses. Operated by men and women who at times risked and lost their lives in service of safe navigation, these beacons have overseen more than a century of extraordinary technological and social change. Of the dozens of historic lighthouses and beacons that once dotted the Hudson River, just eight remain, including the iconic Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor's great monument to freedom and immigration, which served as an official lighthouse between 1886 and 1902. Hudson River Lighthouses invites readers to explore these unique icons and their fascinating stories.

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Author: New York (State) Board of Railroad Commissioners

Publisher:

Published: 1907

Total Pages: 1544

ISBN-13:

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Cruising Guide to New York Waterways and Lake Champlain
Cruising Guide to New York Waterways and Lake Champlain

Author: Chris W. Brown

Publisher: Pelican Publishing

Published: 1998-10-31

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9781455603176

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"One of the most complete boating guides to the eastern waterways I have ever seen. . . . a top-notch, well-conceived and wonderfully produced book . . . This one's a winner!" Great Lakes Cruiser No serious boater planning a cruise in the area would want to be without Cruising Guide to New York Waterways and Lake Champlain, written in the same format as Pelican's other famous cruising guides. This firsthand account covers everything from more than 1,000 miles of popular waterways (including Lake Champlain, the Hudson River, the Erie Canal, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario) to less-traveled waters.The Thousand Islands are also explored. The author's personal knowledge perfectly complements the data on the NOAA charts that he suggests for each area. Among the many useful topics covered are Current navigational data Shoreside dining and other attractions Water depths Dozens of invaluable maps Anchorage locales photos, and tables Detailed marina evaluations Intriguing historical profiles.

The Hudson River Guidebook
The Hudson River Guidebook

Author: Arthur G. Adams

Publisher: Fordham Univ Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780823216796

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The first comprehensive guide to the Hudson since the works of Ernest Ingersoll were published in the early 1900s, this guidebook arrives to fill the need for a detailed, point-by-point guide to the river from its intersection with the Atlantic to its source in the Adirondacks. Adams offers his reader five routes by which to tour the region. The traveler can venture directly up the main steamboat channel, or choose road and rail routes on the east and west shores of the river. Maps for each route are included, together with suggestions for excursions to many points of local and historical interest along the way. Over 250 photographs and paintings, and excerpts from American authors pepper the book, giving multiple perspectives of the region's long history. For the armchair as well as the actual traveler, from the Abyssal Plain to Doodletown and Chevaux de-Frise, past Anthony's nose, Burden's ironworks, and the Saratoga Battle Field to the Hudson's source at Lake Tear of the Clouds - this is the perfect traveling guide to the Hudson River region, rich in its history and culture, and ever-plentiful in its breathtaking sights.