City of Chicago, 1883

Item

Identifier: imm-0071

Staff Only

Image of City of Chicago (1883); mkey 196277

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: 1883

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Vessel Details

Line: Inman Line

Builder and location: Charles Connell & Co., Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,202 tons; 430' x 45'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 14 knots

Masts and funnels: 4 masts, 2 funnels

Passengers: 1st class: 140; 2nd class: 100; 3rd class: 850

Routes: Liverpool-Queenstown-NY

History: Laid down as VANCOUVER for Dominion Line, but launched as CITY OF CHICAGO for Inman. Wrecked July 1892 near Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland.

Legacy record identifier: City of Chicago1883