A view of the thriving community of Rondout at the terminus of the Delaware & Hudson Canal
It’s hard to imagine today, when crossing Rondout Creek from Port Ewen into Kingston, New York, that not long ago you would be encountering one of the busiest harbors of the Hudson River system. Tugboats, barges, railroad lines… all were part of a thriving community made up of Victorian estates, churches, synagogues, businesses of all kinds, warehouses, docks, shipyards, mills, and the daily presence of the most elegant passenger steamboats ever built in America. Even more significantly, Rondout was the terminus of the Delaware and Hudson Canal and as such the staging area for the shipment of Pennsylvania coal to the cities and towns of the Northeastern seaboard. Time has erased much of what once was, but history has preserved the significant role Rondout played in the development of this nation. The painting, “A View of Rondout, New York, 1883,” was inspired by the intensity and energy of that vital port.
Image size approximate
Type: Giclée Edition ~ Signed & Numbered Prints
Image size: 15 x 35 inches
Price: 250.00
