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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Sat Nov 22 09:08:28 2014 Tuscarora Almanac - November 22, 1967 - The Book of Last RunsToday marks the last day of the Hoboken-Barclay Street Ferry which was operated by the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and which began service in 1821. Two boats were in service today, both Lackawanna veterans, ELMIRA and LACKAWANNA. The LACKAWANNA was built at the Thomas S Marvel Shipyard in Newburgh, New York in 1891. She was originally the HAMBURG and later the CHATHAM. She was built as a coal-fired steamboat built was converted to diesel propulsion in 1949. The only railroad-operated ferry on the Hudson to be so converted. The other boat in service was the ELMIRA which was built in 1905 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The ELMIRA made the last “Official “ crossing from Barclay Street to Hoboken, but there were so many last riders that the LACKAWANNA was dispatched for one more trip. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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