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New York (pilot Boat)
The ''New York'' was the first steam pilot boat in the New York harbor. She was built in 1897, by the Harlan and Hollingsworth company at Wilmington, Delaware for the a group of New York Sandy Hook pilots. She was designed by Archibald Cary Smith, who was a prominent naval architect and marine engineer. The ''New York'' was retired from pilot service in 1951. Construction and service The pilot service in New York City changed with the introduction of steam pilot boats. The ''New York,'' was the first steam coal-burning pilot boat in the New York harbor. The ''New York'' was built in 1897, for the Sandy Hook Pilots Association by the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company at Wilmington, Delaware. She was designed by Archibald Cary Smith. Her dimensions were 155 ft. in length; 28 ft. breadth of beam; 19.7 ft. in depth; 13 ft. mean draft; and made of steel. She was built with an 800-horse power engine. She was launched on 18 March 1897, at the Harlan & Hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Hook Pilots Association
Sandy Hook Pilots Association (also known as United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots' Association) is in Staten Island, New York, United States. The Association provides pilotage services to all foreign flag vessels and American vessels entering or departing the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Hudson River, the East River, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Jamaica Bay, and Long Island Sound as required by state law. Pilotage is provided on a 24-hour basis, 365 days of the year in all weather conditions and port circumstances. It has 50 employees across its locations and generates $7.15 million in sales (USD). History The "United New York Sandy Hook Pilot Association" was incorporated in December 1895 for the construction, buying, selling, and chartering of Pilot boats. The capital was $105,000 and directors were Paul Goodrich, John Phelan, Daniel Gillesple, Thomas Dougherty, George W. Beebe, and Henry Seguine. The New York and New Jersey pilots were brought together into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Hook Light
__NOTOC__ The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles (2.4 km) inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro. At that time, it stood only from the tip of Sandy Hook; however, today, due to growth caused by littoral drift, it is almost inland from the tip. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966, for its significance in commerce and transportation. History The light was built to aid mariners entering the southern end of the New York Harbor. It was originally called New York Lighthouse because it was funded through a New York Assembly lottery and a tax on all ships entering the Port of New York. The lighthouse has endured an attempt to destroy it as an aid to British navigation by Benjamin Tupper, and a subsequent occupancy of British soldiers duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Ships
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Service Vessels Of The United States
Service may refer to: Activities * Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty * Civil service, the body of employees of a government * Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a punishment that may be imposed by a court * Fan service, a Japanese term referring to something which is specifically designed to entertain fans * Military service, serving in a country's armed forces * Feudal service, see Feudal land tenure in England * Public service, services carried out with the aim of providing a public good * Selfless service, a service which is performed without any expectation of result or award. Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Service'' (album), a 1983 album by Yellow Magic Orchestra * ''Service'' (film), a 2008 film * ''Service'' (play), a 1932 play by British writer Dodie Smith * Service (record label), a Swedish record label * "Service" (''The Walking Dead''), a 2016 television episode of ''The Walking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schooners Of The United States
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schooner also has a square topsail on the foremast, to which may be added a topgallant. Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the addition of a fore course would make such a vessel a brigantine. Many schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner. The origins of schooner rigged vessels is obscure, but there is good evidence of them from the early 17th century in paintings by Dutch marine artists. The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern North America in the early 1700s. The name may be related to a Scots word meaning to skip over water, or to skip stones. The schooner rig was used in vessels with a wide range of purposes. On a fast hull, good ability to windward was useful for priva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steamships
A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is a type of steam-powered vessel, typically ocean-faring and seaworthy, that is propelled by one or more steam engines that typically move (turn) propellers or paddlewheels. The first steamships came into practical usage during the early 1800s; however, there were exceptions that came before. Steamships usually use the prefix designations of "PS" for ''paddle steamer'' or "SS" for ''screw steamer'' (using a propeller or screw). As paddle steamers became less common, "SS" is assumed by many to stand for "steamship". Ships powered by internal combustion engines use a prefix such as "MV" for ''motor vessel'', so it is not correct to use "SS" for most modern vessels. As steamships were less dependent on wind patterns, new trade routes opened up. The steamship has been described as a "major driver of the first wave of trade globalization (1870–1913)" and contributor to "an increase in international trade that was unprecedented in human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Individual Sailing Vessels
An individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuality (or self-hood) is the state or quality of being an individual; particularly (in the case of humans) of being a person unique from other people and possessing one's own needs or goals, rights and responsibilities. The concept of an individual features in diverse fields, including biology, law, and philosophy. Etymology From the 15th century and earlier (and also today within the fields of statistics and metaphysics) ''individual'' meant " indivisible", typically describing any numerically singular thing, but sometimes meaning "a person". From the 17th century on, ''individual'' has indicated separateness, as in individualism. Law Although individuality and individualism are commonly considered to mature with age/time and experience/wealth, a sane adult human being is usually considered by the state as an "individual person" in law, even if the person denies individual culpability ("I followed instru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Northeastern U
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Hook (pilot Boat)
The ''Sandy Hook'' was a steam pilot boat built in 1902, by Lewis Nixon at the Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth, New Jersey. In 1914, she was purchased by the New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Association to replace the pilot boat ''New Jersey,'' that was lost in 1914. She could carry 10 to 12 pilots that would help guide ships through the New York Harbor. The Norwegian America Line ''Oslofjord'', with the Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Princess Märtha of Sweden on board, ran into and sank the ''Sandy Hook'' in 1939. Construction and service The steel steam ''Sandy Hook'' was formerly the yacht ''Anstice.'' She was launched on September 12, 1902 by Lewis Nixon of the Crescent Shipyard at Elizabeth, New Jersey for fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. In 1903, Robert A. C. Smith, of New York, purchased the steamer ''Anstice'' and converted her into a yacht at the Harlan and Hollingsworth Company in Wilmington, Delaware. Her dimensions were 168.6 ft. in length; 24.4&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trenton (pilot Boat)
The ''Trenton'' was an auxiliary motor pilot boat built in Essex County, Massachusetts for a company of New Jersey Sandy Hook pilots in 1907. She was formerly the fishing schooner ''Kernwood,'' designed by Thomas F. McManus of Boston in 1904. As a pilot boat, she spent twenty-five years in pilot service before being placed out of service in 1934. Construction and service The pilot-boat ''Trenton'', No. 4, was an auxiliary motor pilot boat purchased for the New Jersey pilot service in late 1907. She was formerly the fishing schooner ''Kernwood,'' which they renamed ''Trenton''. Captain Herbert Thompson was captain of the schooner ''Kernwood'', that went out on her maiden voyage in June 1904. The ''Kernwood'' was designed by Thomas F. McManus of Boston and was built by Oxner & Story in Essex County, Massachusetts. The boat was 87 ft. in length, 83-tons, and had a round bow. Captain Charles O. Beebe was assigned to the pilot boat ''Trenton,'' and sailed to Long Branch, Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Lightship
Lightship ''Ambrose'' was the name given to multiple lightships that served as the sentinel beacon marking Ambrose Channel, New York Harbor's main shipping channel. The first lightstation was established south of the Ambrose Channel off of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, in 1823. From 1823 through 1967, several ships served the Ambrose Channel station; each was referred to as Lightship ''Ambrose'' and bore the station's name being painted on her side. In 1906, the lightship serving this station was relocated closer to the center of the Ambrose Channel. On 24 August 1967, the Ambrose station lightship was replaced by a Texas Tower, the Ambrose Light. United States Lightship LV-16 (''Sandy Hook'') A sail-schooner built of white oak with copper and brass fastenings, ''Sandy Hook'' marked the south edge of the Ambrose Channel for 37 years, from 1854 to 1891. She was assigned the number 16 in 1862, prior to which she was known simply as ''Sandy Hook''. ''Sandy Hook'' was equipped with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Furness Bermuda Line
Furness Bermuda Line was a United Kingdom, UK shipping line that operated in the 20th century. It was part of Furness Withy, Furness, Withy and ran passenger liners between Port of New York and New Jersey, New York and the British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory of Bermuda from 1919 to 1966. Origins The Quebec Steam Ship Company had served Bermuda since 1874. Canada Steamship Lines took over the company in 1913 and sold it in 1919 to Furness, Withy, who renamed it the Furness Bermuda Line. At first the route had only one ship, the ''Bermudian'', which Sir James Laing & Sons had built in 1904 and which Furness, Withy renamed ''Fort Hamilton''. In 1921 Furness, Withy bought a pair of ships from the Adelaide Steamship Company: the and ''Willochra''. They were Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, quadruple-expansion steamships that William Beardmore and Company in Glasgow had built in 1912 and 1913. Furness, Withy had ''Willochra'' fitted out wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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