Hudson River Steamboat <i>Hendrick Hudson</i>
date: label: Date made
content: 1906
label: used date
content: 1906-1951
notes: label: Description
content: This is a ¼-inch scale model of the <i>Hendrick Hudson</i> steamboat. The Marvel Shipbuilding Company built the side-wheel excursion steamer <i>Hendrick Hudson</i> at Newburgh, New York for the Hudson River Day Line in 1906. The steamer's steel hull was 400 feet long overall, with a beam of 45.1 feet at the gunwales and 82 feet over the guards. Its depth in the hold was 13.4 feet, and the draft was 7.5 feet. The <i>Hendrick Hudson</i> was powered by a 3-cylinder compound direct-acting engine of 6200 horsepower. Licensed to carry 5500 passengers, the <i>Hendrick Hudson</i> operated on the New York City to Albany run until 1948. In 1951 the steamer was towed to Philadelphia and broken up.
label: Description
content: The <i>Hendrick Hudson</i> model was first displayed at the Smithsonian in 1928.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Hudson River
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hudson River Day Line
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.309408
label: catalog number
content: 309408
label: accession number
content: 100518
label: accession number
content: 2019.0048
objectType: label: Object Name
content: River steamer, Hendrick Hudson