To Ed and others,
I recently discovered a resource that might be of help (I haven't been
there for several weeks, so don't have more details) but it's a site
called "Reminiscences of New York by an Octogenarian (1816 - 1860)".
The URL is:
http://www.panix.com/~hal/octo/octo-toc.htm
I may have learned of it through this list and so may be repeating
previous information, but it's probably worth a look to see if it
covers NYC docks for the mid-nineteenth century. Good luck.
David
>Hi,
>Would like to know a point about passenger ocean line discharge at
NYC
>piers circa 1850. Most ocean terminal piers and wharves on the East
River
>were used by sailing vessels, while steamers mostly used the North
River.
>However, is anyone aware of steamships having used piers in common
with
>sailing ships, or was there a prohibitive aspect to this?
>
>(This question relates specifically to the Black Ball Line's only
steamer
>(SS United States). Am trying to determine if they had to dock it
>elsewhere other than their regular sailing ship pier 23, now the site
of
>the South Street Seaport.)
>
>E M
David Minor
Eagles Byte Historical Research
Rochester, New York
716 264-0423
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