C'est à Robert Fulton que l'on doit la première ligne commerciale de bateaux à vapeurs des Etats-Unis. Il l'installa en 1807 sur l'Hudson entre New York et Albany (capitale de l'Etat de New York). En 1863 est créée la Hudson River Day line qui desservait de manière régulière les mêmes villes et devint très vite la plus importante et la plus fiable des lignes de l'Hudson river. Son choix délibéré d'écarter le transport de marchandises au profit d'un plus grand confort des passagers d'une première classe unique, et d'une plus grande régularité, n'est pas pour rien dans sa réputation grandissante au point qu'on pouvait lire dans un journal local à propos de cette ligne: «A quelques rares exceptions, les passagers sont des gens biens. Pas de mangeurs de saucisses ou de cacahuètes, de buveur de bière, de fumeur de pipe, d'exhitionniste, de grandes gueules ou d'ennemis à vie de l'eau et du savon…» Pendant près de 150 ans, la compagnie sillonna l'Hudson jusqu'à ce que la compagnie soit vendue en 1948 à des Newyorkais. Le populaire vapeur Robert Fulton continua à desservir régulièrement Albany jusqu'en 1954 et le Peter Stuyvesant (voir ci-dessus) à faire des excursions jusqu'à 1962. L'Alexandre Hamilton, construit en 1924, ralliait encore Poughkeepsie (à mi-chemin d'Albany) en 1971, c'était le dernier vapeur à officier sur la rivière. Il fut remplacer par le Dayliner sur cet itinéraire jusqu'à 1989.
The Hudson River Day Line (1863 to 1971). Of the many Hudson River steamboat lines, the Hudson River Day Line was the most prominent and dependable. Their steamboats were known for elegance and speed, and provided the most enjoyable way to travel the Hudson River. No one could claim to have seen America without seeing the Hudson River, and the only way to properly see the Hudson River was from the deck of a Day Liner steamboat. In the 1880's and 1890's, the Day Line promoted their steamboats as “strictly first-class – no freight.” A local newspaper reporting about the Day Line said: “With rare exceptions, the passengers are nice people. The peanut and sausage eaters; the beer drinkers; the pipe smokers; the expectorators; the loud talkers; the life long enemies of soap and water, are never seen here.” Another newspaper reported that: “The Albany day boats are doing an unusually large business . . . The excursionists are of the better class – people who take more interest in the beauties of nature than they do in whisky.” For over 150 years, steamboats carried freight and passengers on the Hudson River, but at the end of the 1948 season the original Hudson River Day Line was sold to new owners in New York City. The popular steamer Robert Fulton continued to operate to Albany through the season of 1954, and the Peter Stuyvesant continued excursions and other trips through 1962. The Alexander Hamilton, built in 1924, continued on the Poughkeepsie run through the season of 1971, the last steamboat to operate on the Hudson River. A new boat called the Dayliner took over the new York to Poughkeepsie route in 1972 and it continued through 1989.
vendredi 18 février 2011
Le vapeur à aubes Peter Stuyvesant de la Hudson River Day Line
C'est à Robert Fulton que l'on doit la première ligne commerciale de bateaux à vapeurs des Etats-Unis. Il l'installa en 1807 sur l'Hudson entre New York et Albany (capitale de l'Etat de New York). En 1863 est créée la Hudson River Day line qui desservait de manière régulière les mêmes villes et devint très vite la plus importante et la plus fiable des lignes de l'Hudson river. Son choix délibéré d'écarter le transport de marchandises au profit d'un plus grand confort des passagers d'une première classe unique, et d'une plus grande régularité, n'est pas pour rien dans sa réputation grandissante au point qu'on pouvait lire dans un journal local à propos de cette ligne: «A quelques rares exceptions, les passagers sont des gens biens. Pas de mangeurs de saucisses ou de cacahuètes, de buveur de bière, de fumeur de pipe, d'exhitionniste, de grandes gueules ou d'ennemis à vie de l'eau et du savon…» Pendant près de 150 ans, la compagnie sillonna l'Hudson jusqu'à ce que la compagnie soit vendue en 1948 à des Newyorkais. Le populaire vapeur Robert Fulton continua à desservir régulièrement Albany jusqu'en 1954 et le Peter Stuyvesant (voir ci-dessus) à faire des excursions jusqu'à 1962. L'Alexandre Hamilton, construit en 1924, ralliait encore Poughkeepsie (à mi-chemin d'Albany) en 1971, c'était le dernier vapeur à officier sur la rivière. Il fut remplacer par le Dayliner sur cet itinéraire jusqu'à 1989.
The Hudson River Day Line (1863 to 1971). Of the many Hudson River steamboat lines, the Hudson River Day Line was the most prominent and dependable. Their steamboats were known for elegance and speed, and provided the most enjoyable way to travel the Hudson River. No one could claim to have seen America without seeing the Hudson River, and the only way to properly see the Hudson River was from the deck of a Day Liner steamboat. In the 1880's and 1890's, the Day Line promoted their steamboats as “strictly first-class – no freight.” A local newspaper reporting about the Day Line said: “With rare exceptions, the passengers are nice people. The peanut and sausage eaters; the beer drinkers; the pipe smokers; the expectorators; the loud talkers; the life long enemies of soap and water, are never seen here.” Another newspaper reported that: “The Albany day boats are doing an unusually large business . . . The excursionists are of the better class – people who take more interest in the beauties of nature than they do in whisky.” For over 150 years, steamboats carried freight and passengers on the Hudson River, but at the end of the 1948 season the original Hudson River Day Line was sold to new owners in New York City. The popular steamer Robert Fulton continued to operate to Albany through the season of 1954, and the Peter Stuyvesant continued excursions and other trips through 1962. The Alexander Hamilton, built in 1924, continued on the Poughkeepsie run through the season of 1971, the last steamboat to operate on the Hudson River. A new boat called the Dayliner took over the new York to Poughkeepsie route in 1972 and it continued through 1989.
The Hudson River Day Line (1863 to 1971). Of the many Hudson River steamboat lines, the Hudson River Day Line was the most prominent and dependable. Their steamboats were known for elegance and speed, and provided the most enjoyable way to travel the Hudson River. No one could claim to have seen America without seeing the Hudson River, and the only way to properly see the Hudson River was from the deck of a Day Liner steamboat. In the 1880's and 1890's, the Day Line promoted their steamboats as “strictly first-class – no freight.” A local newspaper reporting about the Day Line said: “With rare exceptions, the passengers are nice people. The peanut and sausage eaters; the beer drinkers; the pipe smokers; the expectorators; the loud talkers; the life long enemies of soap and water, are never seen here.” Another newspaper reported that: “The Albany day boats are doing an unusually large business . . . The excursionists are of the better class – people who take more interest in the beauties of nature than they do in whisky.” For over 150 years, steamboats carried freight and passengers on the Hudson River, but at the end of the 1948 season the original Hudson River Day Line was sold to new owners in New York City. The popular steamer Robert Fulton continued to operate to Albany through the season of 1954, and the Peter Stuyvesant continued excursions and other trips through 1962. The Alexander Hamilton, built in 1924, continued on the Poughkeepsie run through the season of 1971, the last steamboat to operate on the Hudson River. A new boat called the Dayliner took over the new York to Poughkeepsie route in 1972 and it continued through 1989.
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