Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1815-1931

by Erik Hesselberg

Night Boat to New York: Steamboats on the Connecticut, 1824-1931, is a portrait of the vanished steamboat days-when a procession of stately sidewheelers plied between Hartford and New York City, docking at Peck's 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493044494
• ISBN13: 9781493044498
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 10.9"