North River Historic Ship Festival will return in 2016. Then, we will provide events similar to previous festivals: free boat rides, dockside ship tours, a circus on a barge, fishing on the river, knot-tying. Unfortunately the festival will not take place in 2015. Due to conflicts with other programs in Hudson River Park and a trip […]
CONTINUE READINGHere is a great video that shows the festivities in June 2014. It includes an interview with Mary Habstritt, shows a ride on the Fireboat John J. Harvey, and much more. If you were wondering what you missed, and perhaps what the upcoming 2015 North River Historic Ship Festival will be like, this is a […]
CONTINUE READINGVessels participating in the festival will include: Lehigh Valley Barge No. 79, built in 1914 and celebrating its 100th birthday this year. It is the only surviving wooden railroad barge of its type. Once aboard visitors will see the tools that the longshoremen used when the barge carried cargo, an amazing ball machine that whirls, […]
CONTINUE READINGFriday, June 20-Tuesday, June 24 Hudson River Park’s Pier 25 Hudson River and N. Moore St. Lower Manhattan MAP Free boat rides on a tug, a fireboat and a schooner, hands-on tours of museum ships, a circus on a showboat, fishing on the pier, a party on a wooden barge, and more. For the sixth […]
CONTINUE READING2014 North River Historic Ship Gala honors our 2014 Historic Ship Champion, Helena Durst.features our special guest, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer. Helena is a Vice President of the Durst Corporation and President of New York Water Taxi. We are honoring Helena for her strong commitment New York’s waterfront and access to the water city-wide and her support […]
CONTINUE READINGI received the following email this morning from a woman who brought her 3-1/2 year-old twin girls for a ride on the Cornell. “Thanks so much for this wonderful picture and again a great ride. We loved the whole thing from the history lesson, to the ride and watching the fire boat (what a bonus).” […]
CONTINUE READINGOn Saturday, June 19, 350 children and adults rode the tugboat Cornell and the fireboat John J. Harvey during educational trips that highlighted the importance of historic ships, the history of the North River (the Lower Hudson) as a major shipping port, and the recent conversion of its piers into the world-class Hudson River Park. […]
CONTINUE READINGOn September 5, 2009, the 102-year-old tug Pegasus tied up to a barge in the Hudson River ready to begin her day’s work. For more than 90 years, this classic harbor workhorse spent her days pushing oil barges, docking ships, and towing railroad cars. But on this day, she had a new and important job: […]
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