"Scale 3/4" = 1 Ft."--scale given. The original case and sheet numbers have been scratched out and replaced with "1463-42134"; the stamp and the original case number are the similar to the one found on ephKMSP 006, indicating the origin of the drawing is Union Iron Works Co., San Francisco. "Peru"--on verso, in ms., in pencil. Unknown as to when the copy was made. Original had a tear and when copy was made the lower right corner was curled creating a gap. The Peru operated for Pacific Mail between 1892 and 1919; built for PMSSCO by Union Iron Works in 1891-92; she was the second Pacific Mail vessel to carry this name. Focus of item: Peru (1892-1919).
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Blueprint ; image 96 x 71.8 cm (37 13/16 x 28 1/4 in.) ; overall 96 x 77.5 cm (37 13/16 x 30 1/2 in.)
Peru (Steamship : 1892-1919) Naval architecture--Designs and plans Cargo holds--United States--Designs and plans Passenger ships--United States--Design and construction Tonnage--Measurement Freight and freightage Shipping--Pacific Ocean Pacific Mail Steamship Company Steamboat lines--United States Union Iron Works (San Francisco) Plans, ship
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Plans Vessels Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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