Ofthe hundreds ofbeautiful steamboats that glided up and down the Hudson Riverfrom 1807 into the 1960s, one vessel stands above all others. I t was not the Largest or the fastest. The title "Queen ofthe Hudson" was bestowed on the Mary Powell before she ever moved under her own steam. Built at Allison Shipyard in j ersey City, New jersey, in 1861, she was homeported at the Rondout Creek in Kingston, New York. Most ofher distinguished 57-year career was spent operating between Kingston and New York City with occasional excursions to Albany. This painting depicts the Mary Powell at Rondout Creek shortly after sunrise in the summer of 1893 . ("The Mary Powell at RondoutCreek, "by L. F. Tantillo, acrylic on canvas, 11"x16''. 1992; Collection ofRichard and Ellen Whipple)
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Quay Street. The painting and sketch of Q uay Street on the previous page depict the port of Albany in 1813, a period that marks the end of Albany as a frontier river town. T he age of sail was about to give way to steam power, a nd the Erie Ca nal would soon accelerate western d evelopment. T he pace of life was about to quicken. By the mid- l 800s, Albany was a center of comm erce and immigration, primari ly due to the Erie Canal, which opened up the interior of the US . Schooners and sloops still carried cargo and passengers, but the great passenger steamboats brought a new dimension to river traffic as people journeyed from New York C ity to the picturesq ue pons of the upper Hudson River. .t
Trained as an architect at the Rhode Island School of Design, Mr. Tantillo turned his Love of his native Hudson Valley and his fascination with the past into a career as a Landscape and marine artist. He currently serves as vice president of the Hudson River Maritime Museum.
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