Ferryboat Brinckerhoff, Mystic Seaport
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One of the last of the "walking-beam side-wheelers." Built in 1899, she ran from Poughkeepsie to Highland on the Hudson River until 1942. she was then transferred to Bridgeport, Conn., where she was used as an excursion boat until 1949. Exemplifies an almost extinct type of steam propulsion. |