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The first three sections regulated the conditions of travel, to prevent overcrowding and unsanitary conditions on ships: [1] Section 1: A limit of two passengers for every five tons of ship burden. Section 2: The master of the vessel was required to pay a penalty of $150 for each passenger carried above the maximum capacity.
Originally ordered by the Maritime Commission (MC hull 687) during World War II, as one of the Admiral W. S. Benson-class Type P2-SE2-R1 transport ships, completed instead as passenger ship. 1950s SS Independence: February 1951 American Export Lines: Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts [26] Henry ...
The Western Town Lot Company established Irwin in 1881. [4] The town was named for E. W. Irwin, the property owner. [5] Irwin was incorporated in 1892. [6]In 1963, two United States Air Force B-47E bombers based at Schilling Air Force Base near Salina, Kansas, collided over western Iowa on August 19 and crashed several miles apart near Irwin.
Salem, Iowa: 1840 Residence Kuhl House: Iowa City, Iowa: 1840 Residence Now home to University Press at University of Iowa [3] Fort Atkinson: Fort Atkinson, Iowa: ca. 1840-1842 Military Fort Beers and St. John Company Coach Inn: near West Liberty, Iowa: 1842 Inn Iowa Old Capitol Building: Iowa City, Iowa: 1842 Government [4] James Brown House ...
Passenger ships of the United States include passenger-carrying ships designed, built, or operated in or by the United States Wikimedia Commons has media related to Passenger ships of the United States .
The Passenger Act of 1882 is a United States federal statute establishing occupancy control regulations for seafaring passenger ships completing Atlantic and Pacific transoceanic crossings to America during the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Seawise University (1970–1972) Caught fire and sank in Hong Kong on January 9, 1972. Scrapped on site between 1974 and 1975. RMS Queen Elizabeth in 1967 Queen Elizabeth in 1942 The wreck of Seawise University: MS Regal Empress: 1953 SS Olympia (1953–1981) SS Caribe (1981–1983) MS Caribe I (1983–1993) Scrapped at Alang, India in 2009 ...
The Thomas C. Carson House is a historic building located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is currently in use as the sorority house of the University of Iowa chapter of Alpha Phi, and is thus also known as the Carson-Alpha Phi House. Carson was one of the passengers on the first train to enter Iowa City. [2]