A still image of a quiet day at Petersen's Boatyard in Upper Nyack, NY. Pleasure boats are tied up at the docks. Hook Mountain looms in the background.
A view from the river of the business of Julius Petersen, "designing and building of power boats of all descriptions." The building is ornate and has a sign "Builder of Launches." This was once the Nyack Rowing Association building. Petersen later...
From p. 47 of "Old Nyack": " The 'Henry W. Longfellow', designed by William Voorhis, was an experiment in navigation launched in 1880. The vessel had two cigar-shaped hulls 200 feet long and 5 1/2 feet in diameter amidships. A single deck rested on...
Gene Brown, author of Birds over Bear Mountain and a life-long resident of Upper Nyack, talks about his childhood, his education at the Upper Nyack School and the games and recreational activities children played in the Van Houten's Landing...
In 2004, a developer threatened to tear down the historic Petersen's Boatyard in Upper Nyack and rebuild the tract. There was a campaign to persuade the Town of Clarkstown to buy and preserve the property. A public meeting was held at Clarkstown...
John Lodico, Sr. talks about growing up in Upper Nyack near the river in the Van Houten's Landing neighborhood near the river. He focuses on the Italian American immigrant culture there, particularly as epitomized by his father, his time at Nyack...
Looking across the ship yard out over the Hudson River. There are bricks, boards, and debris lying on the ground. Several partial boats and wooden barrels and wooden posts are in the foreground.
Petersen's Boatyard in Upper Nyack built subchasers during World War I. This is the last of four photographs of SC181, showing details of the deck, pilot house, and bridge.
S. Ayers and Son Boat and Yacht builders was at the foot of Van Houten Street, where it joined Tallman (now Castle Heights) Avenue. Two boat building shops are identified, as well as a sawmill and A. W. Ofeldt's Machine shop. This site later became...
Six woodworkers stand in a huge workroom that's filled with wood and cutting tables. The floor is covered with wood shavings and narrow pieces of wood are stored in the rafters. The location of the shop is unknown.
Smith's Ship Yard was located on Gedney Street, between Third and Fourth Avenues, just north of the present-day Nyack Boat Club. Four women and two children stand in front of several boats, all Hudson River centerboard schooners.
