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New Yorkers have lived on houseboats since the 19th century, docking across several boroughs. [1] Historically, houseboat dwellers were typically men who worked on barges in the Hudson River. [1] Since the 1940s, houseboat inhabitants have mostly chosen to live aboard for pleasure. [1] Boats offer cheap housing, good views, and privacy.
The 79th Street Boat Basin is a marina located in the Hudson River on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, within Riverside Park at the western end of 79th Street. Maintained and operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation , it is the only facility in the city that allows year-round residency in boats, so it ...
Other boats such as punts or small motor boats may also be stored. A boathouse may be the headquarters of a boat club or rowing club and used to store racing shells, in which case it may be known as a shell house. [2] Boat houses may also include a restaurant, bar, [3] or other leisure facilities, [1] perhaps for members of an associated club ...
One of the first documented team boats in commercial service in the United States was "put in service in 1814 on a run between Brooklyn and Manhattan." [1] It took "8 to 18 minutes to cross the East River and carried an average of 200 passengers, plus horses and vehicles." [1] Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824 ...
Team boats served New York City for "about ten years, from 1814-1824. They were of eight horse-power and crossed the rivers in from twelve to twenty minutes." [10]In 1812, two steam boats designed by Robert Fulton were placed in use in New York, for the Paulus Hook Ferry from the foot of Cortlandt Street, and on the Hoboken Ferry from the foot of Barclay Street.
Menger Boatworks was an American boat builder based in Babylon, New York on Long Island. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats, particularly catboats and character boats. [1] [2] The company was founded by William Menger in 1976. Hs son Andrew Menger also worked there and contributed to boat design. [1] [2]
York boat replica at Fort Edmonton Park, Edmonton, Alberta. The York boat was a type of inland boat used by the Hudson's Bay Company to carry furs and trade goods along inland waterways in Rupert's Land, the watershed stretching from Hudson Bay to the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
The Antique Boat Museum is a located in the 1000 Islands on the St. Lawrence River, in Clayton, New York, United States. The Antique Boat Museum is the premier freshwater boating museum in North America. The ABM's collections hold over 320 unique boats [1] and thousands of related artifacts and archives. The 4.5-acre campus comes alive with ...