Up and Down The River Talk: “Steam on the Hudson – A Nostalgic Voyage”

July 12, 2009

PSE&G engineer and steam engine historian Frank Vopasek IV visits the Yankee Ferry, docked near the Museum, on Sunday, July 12 at 4 p.m., to regale visitors with a slide presentation featuring images from the glory days of steam boating on the Hudson River. This nostalgic and historic program will feature many of the familiar vessels that once plied the waters of the mighty Hudson and New York Harbor. Some of the images include the fleet of the Hudson River Day Line and other excursion steamers, which offered day trips up and down the river. Numerous ferry routes will be shown, along with freight operations like railroad carfloat, lighterage and tugboats and the various railroad terminals which once graced the harbor’s shore.