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Description
2001-0021 View of P.M.S.S. Co's wooden, side wheeler steamer with two masts; American flag on stern; people standing on bridge; two ships in the distance at right. Text below the print: (left) Endicott & Co. 59 Beekman St. N.Y.; (center) Built by Wm. H. Webb, under the superintendence of Capt. Wm. Skiddy; (right) Published by L. R. Menger, 22 Dey St. N.Y. Below: (left) Length of waterline....320 / Breadth of beam....43 / Depth of hold....27 / Register tonnage....2656 67/100 / Carpenters tonnage....3200; (right) Length of spardeck....352 feet / Breadth over all....72 " / Engine built by "Novelty Iron Work" / 105 Inch cyluinder._ 12 feet stroke. The Henry Chauncey operated between New York and Aspenwall. Pencil note on face of print: "First P.M. Steamer from Panama to San Francisco."
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 print mounted on paper : lithograph, col. ; 17 1/2 x 35 in. image on 22 x 37 3/4 in. sheet.
Identifier
(C)001380718CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-3975
Language
English
Subject
Pacific Mail Steamship Company Henry Chauncey (Ship)--Pictorial works Ships Side wheelers Prints Lithographs
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