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The ship was built in 1853 at Hall's shipyard in Aberdeen. Although the ship wasn't designed to carry passengers, it was converted for that purpose before the voyage. The cost of fitting, provisioning and chartering the ship was £2,500 and the passengers paid £12 per adult or £6 per child for the journey. [3]
New Orleans: Orleans: Built in the late 18th century in what then was outside of the city, home to Mayor James Pitot. Restored and open to the public. 84001347 Pleasant View Plantation House: April 5, 1984: Oscar: Pointe Coupee: 80004251 Judge Poché Plantation House: December 3, 1980: Convent: St. James: 87002136 Poplar Grove Plantation ...
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
The ship is so well-preserved that you can see details like the wheel, and even dishes inside the deck house. A 142-year-old sunken ship has been found in Lake Michigan Skip to main content
A crew from the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society found her about 40 miles northwest of Whitefish Point, resting 650 feet below the surface of Lake Superior.
Bayou St. John (French: Bayou Saint-Jean) is a bayou within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. [1]The grand Bayou St. John in 1728. The Bayou as a natural feature drained the swampy land of a good portion of what was to become New Orleans, into Lake Pontchartrain.
By JOHN FLESHER TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A debris field at the bottom of Lake Michigan may be the remains of the long-lost Griffin, a vessel commanded by a 17th-century French explorer, said a ...
A downbound ship and other vessels on the Lower Mississippi River, with Algiers Point to the right. The course of the Mississippi River past and through New Orleans is in the shape of a crescent. As the river reaches the downriver end of that crescent, flowing by then in a northerly direction, it makes a sharp "right-hand" turn to the east.