1920-1929

View from Hasbrouck Park looking across the Rondout Creek to Sleightsburgh, NY c. 1920, with canal barges and Cornell tugboats laid up in the ice for the winter. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, HRMM

Visitors and crew on the Cornell tug “Primrose”, c. 1920s. Among the visitors is a poodle who is eyeing the tug’s cat with interest. HRMM Collection

The newly built coal barge “A.S. Butler”, c. 1920, is docked on the Rondout Creek with the former D&H Canal Company office, at the top of Company Hill Path, located behind it. The Rondout Bridge, nearing its completion is shown to the left, and a freight train, including coal oars, sits on what is now Dock Street. HRMM Collection

The Dwyer Brothers’ covered lighter, a type of freight barge, is tied up along Dock Street, Kingston, NY, c. 1920. HRMM Collection

The Cornell Steamboat Company tug, “Cornell”, the second tug with that name, circa 1920s, in the New York City area is decked out with flags, probably for a special event. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, HRMM

The Cornell Steamboat Company tug “Perseverance” with other Cornell tugs at the company docks, waiting for spring, circa 1920s. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, HRMM