Featured Artifact: Recognize this mural?

1/20/2023

Steamboat "Norwich"

Recently sections of a mural featuring the steamboats "Clermont", "Mary Powell" and "Norwich" as well as a lighthouse and a tower for a ferry fog bell were found in the Hudson River Maritime Museum Archives. The sections measure 30 feet when put together. If you know what building this mural came from, contact the museum at [email protected].

Steamboat "Clermont"

Steamboat "Mary Powell"

Lighthouse

Tower with Ferry Fog Bell

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3 Comments

Chester Hartwell link

1/22/2023 02:48:02 am

I cleaned up the mural a tad.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.564130298927280&type=3

Ada Soberg link

1/26/2023 02:03:49 pm

My uncle Harry Elemandorf worked on the steamboats. He was born near the roundout. Is there any info regarding the men that worked the Hudson and that area.

Chester Hartwell

5/17/2023 12:52:39 am

-Interesting that the Norwich is in the foreground.
-Neither the Mary Powell nor the Norwich have a Cornell Eagle on their pilot houses.
-The lighthouse has two oil or kerosene tanks but not the usual glass housing.
-The bell tower shows no way to activate the bell.
-I cannot make out the paddle wheel of the Clermont-do you have a close-up? The first North River had no paddle wheel housing but over the winter they were added at the Clermont Estate landing (or I seem to recall it).
-Where does dock and bell tower go? I assume on the left?
-I cobbled a rough montage and posted it here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=6459118034103228&set=oa.564130298927280