Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931, is a portrait of the vanished steamboat daysāwhen a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peckās Slip on the East River in the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge. At one time, Hartford could boast two thousand steamboat arrivals and departures in a year. Altogether, some thirty-five large steamboats were in service on the Connecticut River in these years, largely on the Hartford to New York City route. These Long Island Sound steamers, unlike the tubby, wedding cake dowagers of Western waters, were long, sleek craft, with sharp prows cutting a neat wake as they cruised along. Departing each afternoon from State Street or Talcott Street wharf in Hartford, the ānight boatsā reached New York at daybreak, inaugurating a pattern of city commuting that continues to this day. Steamboating not only brought people and goodsāColtās firearms and Essexās pianosādown river to New York for export to world markets, but also helped Americaās inland āSpa Cultureā transplant itself to the seashore, making steamboating not just convenient transportation but also a social phenomenon noted by such writers as Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. No wonder crowds wept in the fall of 1931, when the last steamboats, made obsolete by the automobile, churned away from the dock and headed downriverānever to return.
This book title, Night Boat to New York (Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1815-1931), ISBN: 9781493044498, by Erik Hesselberg, published by Globe Pequot (November 1, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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