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Cornell Steamboat Company

Historical place in Rondout, New York, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Cornell Steamboat Company was founded by Thomas Cornell (1814–1890) in Rondout, New York in the late 1840s, as a major passenger ship and cargo company. Thomas Cornell was President of Cornell Steamboat Company from 1865 to 1870. [1][2] [3]

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Cornell Shops Building has three sections, each built at different times. The center section of the building, a brick building, was built in about 1875. The main section brick building was built in 1901. The newest addition the, concrete block building was built in 1961. Cornell used the 1875 building for its work shops. Cornell had a complex of buildings on the Hudson River riverfront. The Cornell Shops Building and the boiler shop, now the Steel House Restaurant (100 Rondout Lndg, Kingston) are the only two buildings of the complex remaining.[4] [5][6]

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Cornell Steamboat Company rebuild entire boats, engines, and boiler in the Cornell complex. Thomas Cornell arrived at Rondout in 1837 and started a shipping company with his sloop. Cornell transported coal on the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Cornell also transported wood, stone, plaster, tanning bark, animal hides, millstones, glass, charcoal, lead, and stoneware. Cornell Steamboat Company also operated a fleet of river tugboats. By 1900 Cornell was operating 60 tugs and ended his passenger ship service.[7][8] Cornell also had a ferry service between Rhinecliff and Kingston Point/Rondout, the Kingston-Rhinecliff ferry. He has two ferries in his service the Transport (1881) and Kingston (1930).[9] The ferry ended in 1957 after the opening of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.[10] Transport ran on the ferry line from 1881 to 1938.[11] Cornell built and ran railroad lines on both sides of the Hudson River, including the Kingston City trolley system.[3] The Kingston Point station was the largest and busy trolley station.[12] Cornell was a partner is starting two banks (Rondout Savings Bank and a commercial bank) and the large Catskill Mountain hotel. Cornell served two terms in Congress from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1869, and from March 4, 1881, to March 3, 1883. [13] S.D. Coykendall (1837-1913, Samuel Decker Coykendall), was son-in-law of Thomas Cornell and second president of the Cornell Steamboat Company. Mary Augusta Cornell (1842-1919) was Thomas Cornell Daughter.[14]

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In 1958, Cornell closed and sold its boats to New York Trap Rock Corporation. Some of the tugs operated by Cornell were: Knickerbocker, Mohawk, Rockland County,[15]Belle,[16] C.W. Morse,[17] J.G. Rose,[18] R.G. Townsend,[19] and Thomas Cornell.[20][2] The 1875 work shop building now houses the Fleet Obsolete since 2005. Fleet Obsolete restores rare Torpedo boat, PT Boats of the U.S. Navy.[21] The Hudson River Maritime Museum houses many the Cornell Steamboat Company historical records.[13]

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