PS Alexander Hamilton
PS Alexander Hamilton on the Hudson River, 1933
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Alexander Hamilton |
Owner | Hudson River Day Line |
Operator |
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Route | Hudson River between New York City and Albany, New York (until 1948) |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
In service | 1924 |
Out of service | 1971 |
Fate | Burned and sank 8 November 1977 |
Notes | Ruins still partially visible however wreckage is within the security region of Naval Weapons Station Earle |
General characteristics | |
Type | Passenger steamboat |
Length | 349 ft 5 in (106.50 m)[1] |
Beam | 77 ft (23 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m)[1] |
Decks | 4 total, 3 complete and 1 partial |
Installed power | Four Scotch marine boilers |
Propulsion | Incline triple expansion engine |
Capacity | 3,000 |
Location | near Naval Weapons Station Earle Middletown, New Jersey |
Coordinates | 40°26′22.97″N 74°03′34.09″W / 40.4397139°N 74.0594694°W |
Built | 1924 |
Architect | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
Demolished | November 8, 1977 |
NRHP reference No. | 77000887[1] |
NJRHP No. | 1960[2] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | March 25, 1977[1] |
Designated NJRHP | October 22, 1976 |
Alexander Hamilton was a steamer built for the Hudson River Day Line[3] in 1924 and named after Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 25, 1977. The remains of the vessel are located adjacent to the Naval Weapons Station Earle pier in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
History
The Hudson River Day Line used Alexander Hamilton to transport passengers along the
Design
The steamer's propulsion system consisted of four Scotch marine boilers delivering steam to an inclined triple expansion engine that turned a crankshaft attached to feathering paddle-wheels on the port and starboard sides. She was the last of the great Day Line "side-wheelers", and the last of her kind to ply the Hudson River.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Monmouth County, New Jersey
- PS Washington Irving - another Hudson River Day Line steamboat.
References
- ^ a b c d "Alexander Hamilton". National Park Service. United States Department of Interior. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- State of New Jersey. Archived from the original(PDF) on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Full Ahead on the Hamilton". www.newyorker.com. 28 May 1966. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Hudson River Day Line, Expansion and Decline, 1920's". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2010-03-30. Accessed March 30, 2010.
- ^ "Sidewheels on the Hudson". Scuba Diving - New Jersey & Long Island New York. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
External links
- Media related to Alexander Hamilton (ship, 1924) at Wikimedia Commons
- A YouTube video about the PS Alexander Hamilton