The Hudson’s Lost Steam Fleet

Please join Tom Tom Rinaldi tonight (September 19) as he presents “The Hudson’s Lost Steam Fleet” at the Hudson River Maritime Museum. Approximately 15 years ago, Tom spent months tracking down visual remnants of the fleet of steamboats that once traveled the Hudson River.

The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in the Riverport Wooden Boat School, 70-86 East Strand, Kingston, NY, 12401.

Suggested donation $5, pre-registration recommended. For more information on the presentation, email Education Director Sarah Wassberg Johnson at swassberg@hrmm.org.

Pictured: The remains of the Steamship M. Martin, which served as General Grant’s dispatch vessel during the Civil War, used for communications with Washington. In January 1865 the M. Martin hosted commissioners from the Confederate states to discuss peace terms between the United States and the Confederate government.