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The Steel SiDE-^VHEEL Hudson River Steamer Htndiick Hudson was built by the Marvel Shipbuilding Com- 

 pany, Newburgh, New York, in igo6. Licensed to carry 5.500 persons, she ran for many years between New 

 York City and Albany. Rigged model USNM 309408. iSmit/iiuiiuiii Ji/mlo ^jzfc.) 



son Ri\-er Day Line of New York. She ran for many 

 years on the New York City to .-Mbany run and was a 

 well know^n vessel in her day. She was licensed to 

 carry 5500 persons. 



The model represents an excursion steamer having 

 three flush decks running from bow to stern. On the 

 upper deck is a deckhouse, extending about three- 

 fifths the hull length, on which is a 2-deck bridge-and- 

 wheelhouse structure, a small 1-deck house, and two 

 stacks in line fore and aft. Wide guards, with expased 

 iron braces to the hull sides below, house feathering 

 paddle \vheels forw ard of midlength. The guards are 

 faired into both bow and fantail rim. The keel is 

 straight with no drag; the forefoot is much cut awav 



and rounded, and the stem is straight and upright 

 abo\e the load line; the keel aft is cut up in a straight 

 line for a considerable length; and there is a short 

 vertical post with a balance rudder himg on it and a 

 short, roimcl, fantail counter above. The sheer is 

 slight, the entrance is long and very sharp, and the 

 run is long and very fine. The midsection had a 

 nearly flat floor, an easy round bilge, and an upright 

 topside. 



The Hendruk Hudson was 400 feet long, o\-erall, 

 379.1 feet between perpendiculars, 45.1 feet beam at 

 gimwales and 82 feet over the guards, 14 feet 5 inches 

 moulded depth, her depth in hold was 13.4 feet, and 

 lier draft 7 feet 6 inches. The vessel had a 3-cvlinder 



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Sier.n-Wheel Ru'ek Sie.\.\ilr Blu.i ue Wood at Ai'ALachicola, Florida, in igoi. The Thomas A. Edison 

 is represented in the Watercraft Collection by builder's half-model USNM 31 1260. {Smithsonian photo 34422.) 



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