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Hudson River Maritime Museum
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Fireboats of the FDNY with David Rocco
Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, KingstonFireboats 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 […]
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Crime on the Hudson: Gilded Age Pirates and River Thieves
Hudson River Maritime Museum 50 Rondout Landing, KingstonDo you ever wonder if there were actual pirates on the Hudson River? Come and learn about a wild chapter in Hudson River history when mercenary sloops prowled the waterway, raiding mansions and plundering merchant ships. The evening will begin with a brief lecture by an HRMM Educator on the real and sometimes legendary criminal […]
$28