The sheet shows plans for two full decks, not identified, and steerage on the City of Puebla; cabins are identified, as are crew quarters, mess room, hatches, etc. Hand drawn on vellum. "Passenger Accommodations S.S. City of Puebla"--title at top of sheet. "Scale 1/16 in = 1 foot"--scale given. "L.C."--intials in the right corner of the image. "Case No. 406s Sheet No. 5465s"--purple stamp, lower right corner, numbers in ms., in ink. "Union Iron Works, Ship Yard Dec 1887 Drawer no. L2, Job No. 1624"-- purple stamp, lower right corner, date and numbers in ms., in ink. "C. of Puebla"--in ms., in ink, below stamped information, lower right corner. Focus of item: City of Puebla.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Drawing ; image 31.7 x 67.7 cm (12 1/2 x 26 5/8 in.) ; overall 39.8 x 75.5 cm (15 11/16 x 29 3/4 in.)
City of Puebla (Steamship) Naval architecture--Designs and plans Passenger ships--United States--Design and construction Ships--19th century--Pictorial works Steamboat lines--United States Shipping--Pacific Ocean Steamboats--Design and construction Pacific Mail Steamship Company Union Iron Works (San Francisco) Plans, ship
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Plans Vessels Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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