Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Passenger Steamboat Empire

Description
Creator
Stanton, S. W., Attributed name
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Drawings
Description
Drawing of the passenger steamboat EMPIRE
Notes
Illustration from J. B. Mansfield, ed., History of the Great Lakes. Volume I, Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1899.
Inscriptions
"Passenger Steamboat Empire. Built at Cleveland, O., in 1844. First steamboat in the United States to measure over 1,000 tons, and when she came out was 200 tons larger than any other steam vessel in the world; length over all 260 feet; engines inclined low pressure, below deck; 600 horse power; later converted into propeller. From "American Steam Vessels." Copyright 1895, by Smith & Stanton."
Publisher
J. H. Beers & Co.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Date of Original
1899
Date Of Event
1844
Subject(s)
Steamboats
Empire (steamboat)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Lake Erie
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 42.454166 Longitude: -81.121388
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
Maritime History of the Great Lakes
Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
Website:
https://www.MaritimeHistoryOfTheGreatLakes.ca/

The Maritime History of the Great Lakes site is managed by Walter Lewis

Click here to Contribute your own images to the collection.

Certain parts of the collection contain historical language and content that some may consider offensive, for example, language used to refer to racial, ethnic and cultural groups. Items in the collection, their content and their descriptions reflect the time period when they were created and the view of their creator.

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy




My favourites lets you save items you like, tag them and group them into collections for your own personal use. Viewing "My favourites" will open in a new tab. Login here or start a My favourites account.

thumbnail








Passenger Steamboat Empire


Drawing of the passenger steamboat EMPIRE