Old steamboat days on the Hudson River; tales and reminiscences of the stirring times that followed the introduction of steam navigation . nces of theold-tinurs on tho run to Albany: 1807 Clermont 1817 Chancellor Livingston 1826 Constellation 1836 North America 1849 Alida . 1851 New World . 1852 Francis Skiddy1860 Armenia1862 Daniel Drew1864 Chauncey Vibbard The Mary Powell, built in 1861, many times recon-structed and improved and still running, was for yearsconceded to be the queen of the river steamers inpoint of speed. She averages twenty miles an hour atall times, and has been pushed to t
Old steamboat days on the Hudson River; tales and reminiscences of the stirring times that followed the introduction of steam navigation . nces of theold-tinurs on tho run to Albany: 1807 Clermont 1817 Chancellor Livingston 1826 Constellation 1836 North America 1849 Alida . 1851 New World . 1852 Francis Skiddy1860 Armenia1862 Daniel Drew1864 Chauncey Vibbard The Mary Powell, built in 1861, many times recon-structed and improved and still running, was for yearsconceded to be the queen of the river steamers inpoint of speed. She averages twenty miles an hour atall times, and has been pushed to twenty-six miles. In 1884, the steam yacht Stilletto, built entirely forspeed and fresh from the hands of her builders, theHerreshoffs of Bristol, R. I., tried to wrest the laurelsfrom the old boat and succeeded bv a narrow June 10th in a race of thirty miles she beat thePowell by two miles, covering the distance in one hourand fifteen minutes. It was not a bad showing, how-ever, for the old river queen and her owners havealways claimed she could have done much better hadshe been put into first class condition for the 6 Fast Time on the River 67 Similar claims were made for the Stilletto, her buildersclaiming twenty-seven miles an hour for their Stilletto set low in the water so as to present ashttle surface for wind resistance as possible. She wassomewhat of the same type as the Vamoose, anotherboat built for speed in later years. Both were the fore-runners in a degree of the motor boats now so popular. This special form of construction had been at-tempted, however, many years before. Burden builta cigar-shaped boat which he called Helen. Thoughit was expected she would be very speedy, she turnedout a failure and was soon abandoned. In the attempt to turn out fast boats and cut downthe time of the river, some boats with four smoke-stacks and as many boilers, with two engines and twowalldng beams were built. The Erie and Champlaijiwere four pipers, but
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