Around Manhattan Island and Other Maritime Tales of New York

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Introduction vii
• 1 - Around Manhattan Island: Circle Line's First Fifty Years xiv
• Notes 45
• 2 - When the Ss United States Won the North Atlantic Blue Riband 49
• Notes 73
• 3 - Fdny Fireboats 77
• Notes 116
• 4 - Down the Bay to Coney Island: the Iron Steamboat Company 121
• Notes 154
• 5 - Another Disaster at Hell Gate: The Loss of the Steamboat Observation 157
• Notes 166
• 6 - From Ambrose Light to Five Fathom Hole: New York to Bermuda by Sea 169
• Appendix a Vessel Roster: Around-Manhattan Sightseeing Service 225
• Notes: 231

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Introduction vii
• 1 - Around Manhattan Island: Circle Line's First Fifty Years xiv
• Notes 45
• 2 - When the Ss United States Won the North Atlantic Blue Riband 49
• Notes 73
• 3 - Fdny Fireboats 77
• Notes 116
• 4 - Down the Bay to Coney Island: the Iron Steamboat Company 121
• Notes 154
• 5 - Another Disaster at Hell Gate: The Loss of the Steamboat Observation 157
• Notes 166
• 6 - From Ambrose Light to Five Fathom Hole: New York to Bermuda by Sea 169
• Appendix a Vessel Roster: Around-Manhattan Sightseeing Service 225
• Notes: 231
• Appendix B Around-Manhattan Island Sightseeing Boats: Selected Incidents from Military Service 233
• Appendix C the North Atlantic Blue Riband in the Twentieth Century 241
• Appendix D Vessel Roster: Fdny Fireboats 243
• Notes: 245
• Appendix E Sources of Fireboat Names 249
• Appendix F Selected "Workers" Involving Fdny Fireboats 251
• Appendix G Vessel Roster: Coney Island Steamboats 255
• Notes: 256
• Appendix H New York-Bermuda Cruise Ships 257
• Notes: 258
• Index of Vessels 259
• Index of Subjects 263