Arizona, 1879

Item

Identifier: imm-0025

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Immigration and Steamships database contains descriptive information about 320 passenger and immigrant vessels built from 1833 to 1929. Records may identify the vessel, year built, shipping line, builder and place of construction, tonnage and dimensions, machinery and speed, masts and funnels, passenger capacities, routes, and vessel history. Most records are associated with one or more images from Mystic Seaport Museum collections.

Dates

Creation: 1879

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Guion Line

Builder and location: John Elder & Co., Glasgow

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,147 tons; 450' x 45'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 16 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 140; intermediate: 70; 3rd class: 140; steerage: 1,000

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY

History: Broke trans-Atlantic speed record July 1879. Collided with iceberg in Nov. 1879, but made it to St. John's, Nfld., for repairs. Last voyage Liverpool-NY May 1894; laid up. 1898-yards removed and funnels replaced by large single funnel. Placed in San Franc

Legacy record identifier: Arizona1879