1910-1919

The tug “Cornell” can be seen passing Athens, NY on March 5, 1910, through thirteen inches of ice. Note the two stacks and the Cornell eagle on the tug’s pilot house. HRMM Collection

The Cornell Steamboat Company tug “John D. Schoonmaker” of Rondout, NY, takes two barges full of coal (“W.H. Pulis” of Rondout, NY and “Floyd Pulis” of Rondout, NY) out of Rondout Creek, passing the steamboat “Mary Powell” on the left. C. 1910. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, HRMM

The Cornell Steamboat Company tug “Osceola” breaks ice on the Hudson River, c. 1910, long before there were Coast Guard icebreakers on the river. Donald Ringwald Collection, HRMM

Two young gentlemen along the Hudson River near Albany, NY observing the scene as the Cornell Steamboat Company towboat “Oswego” passes by, c. 1910. Donald C. Ringwald Collection, HRMM