In 1962 the company was sold again but this time absorbed into Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, and under that organization the final travels of the Hudson River Day Line's steam boats occurred in 1971.
In its peak year of operation in 1925 the line had seven active steam boats and transported more than two million passengers.
The ships were equipped with live orchestras and bands to entertain passengers, and had both a high end restaurant and a more affordable cafeteria on board for meals.
[3] The SS Hendrick Hudson was the setting for Philip Bartholomae's 1911 Broadway play Over Night.
[4] The Broadway musical Very Good Eddie (1915) takes place aboard the Hudson River Day Line boat "The Catskill".