Ulster County Historian Ed Moran and Ulster County Archivist Jonathan Palmer will present a joint lecture titled “Enslavement in the Hudson Valley: African Lives and Legacies,” with an emphasis on Ulster County. This lecture hallmarks a new venture for the Empire State Railway Museum as it is not specifically about railroads and railroading. It concerns […]

Fireboats are specialized watercraft designed for firefighting on shorelines and shipboard fires. With over 500 miles of shoreline, the FDNY first utilized the New York Police Department’s steam-powered vessel Seneca in 1862. By the beginning of the 20th century, the FDNY averaged about 10 fireboats in its fleet. Used for rescue and recovery operations, transportation […]