Steamer Mary Powell being broken up in Rondout Creek, upper decks removed, hogging trusses and hull remaining. Wilton Collection, Hudson River Maritime Museum.
Schematic of the Mary Powell’s engines, 1861, by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, Hudson River Maritime Museum.
Detail drawing of the side view of the Mary Powell showing hull supports, hogframe, walking beam & paddlewheel. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, Hudson River Maritime Museum.
Mary Powell crew. Mate Philip Mains, center. Deckhands from top left clockwise: Ed Bridge, Robert Stenson, second mate, Elmer Durr, Cornelius E. Keyser, Frank M. Sass and Algot J. Benson. Undated. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, Hudson River Maritime…