Furnessia, 1880
Scope and Contents
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
Mystic Seaport Museum
112 Greenmanville Ave.
Mystic Connecticut 06355 USA
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