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Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and Stories of a Deck Hand

Baxter Raymond J. Adams Arthur G.
Heftet / 1999 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780823219544
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Fordham University Press
Høyde
286 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
276

Forfatter
Baxter Raymond J.
Adams Arthur G.

Om bidragsyterne

Raymond J. Baxter worked on the New York Harbor waterfront for almost forty years, serving first as a railroad deckhand and then as a railroad police officer. Arthur G. Adams is founding president of the Hudson River Maritime Center at Roundabout Landing in Kingston. In 1981, he was given a special award of merit for outstanding achievement in Regional Studies by the State University of New York. He is Executive Vice President of the Hudson River Navigation Company is trustee of the Victor Herbert Performance Trust Fund.

Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and Stories of a Deck Hand

Baxter Raymond J. Adams Arthur G.
Heftet / 1999 / Engelsk
Baxter Raymond J. Adams Arthur G.
Heftet / 1999 / Engelsk
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“Railroad Ferries of the Hudson . . . treats its subject extensively. . . . It is full of information and photographs.”

—The Hudson Valley Regional Review

Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the B&O Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.
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A complete history of the ferryboats which once operated across the Hudson River to Manhatten fron New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long distance trains. This work also covers the Staten Island Ferry.
Les mer
“Railroad Ferries of the Hudson . . . treats its subject extensively. . . . It is full of information and photographs.”

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“Railroad Ferries of the Hudson . . . treats its subject extensively. . . . It is full of information and photographs.”

—The Hudson Valley Regional Review

Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the B&O Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.
Les mer
A complete history of the ferryboats which once operated across the Hudson River to Manhatten fron New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long distance trains. This work also covers the Staten Island Ferry.
Les mer
“Railroad Ferries of the Hudson . . . treats its subject extensively. . . . It is full of information and photographs.”

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780823219544
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Fordham University Press
Høyde
286 mm
Bredde
210 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
276

Forfatter
Baxter Raymond J.
Adams Arthur G.

Om bidragsyterne

Raymond J. Baxter worked on the New York Harbor waterfront for almost forty years, serving first as a railroad deckhand and then as a railroad police officer. Arthur G. Adams is founding president of the Hudson River Maritime Center at Roundabout Landing in Kingston. In 1981, he was given a special award of merit for outstanding achievement in Regional Studies by the State University of New York. He is Executive Vice President of the Hudson River Navigation Company is trustee of the Victor Herbert Performance Trust Fund.

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