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Furnessia, 1880

 Item
Identifier: imm-0131
Image of Furnessia (1880); mkey 105991

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: 1880

Extent

From the Collection: 320 record(s)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

Vessel Details

Line: Anchor Line

Builder and location: Barrow Shipbuilding Co., Barrow-in-Furness, England

Tonnage and dimensions: 5,495 tons; 445' x 44'

Machinery and speed: Single-screw, 14 knots

Masts and funnels: 2 masts, 2 funnels

Routes: Glasgow-NY

History: Converted to single funnel 1891. Made her final voyage to NY in 1911. Broken up 1912.

Legacy record identifier: Furnessia1880

Repository Details

Part of the Other Resources Repository

Contact:
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
860.572.5367