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A steamer trunk dating from the late 1890s to early 1900s. Steamer trunks (named after their location of storage in the cabin of a steam ship, or "steamer") which are sometimes referred to as flat-tops, first appeared in the late 1870s, although the greater bulk of them date from the 1880–1920 period. They are distinguished by either their ...
The Grand Trunk Steamship Prince George, and sister ship SS Prince Rupert, provided passenger service along the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska.In service from 1910 until 1945, the vessel saw brief service as a hospital ship for the Royal Canadian Navy during World War I.
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The steamer Pacific disappeared without a trace. [22] In August 1856 Congress reduced the mail subsidy from $858,000 per year, back to its original $385,000. [ 23 ] The surviving Collins ships, Atlantic and Baltic , were worked hard for less profit and then were withdrawn from service at intervals for repair.
A trunk deck ship is a type of merchant ship with a hull that was stepped inward in order to obtain more favourable treatment under canal toll rules then in effect. As those tolls were set by net tonnage , a measure of volume, and as the tonnage rules did not account for all of the cargo space of such vessels, trunk deck ships incurred lower ...
SS Columbia is the last remaining excursion steamship from the turn of the 20th century in existence, the second to last being her running mate and sister ship SS Ste. Claire which burned in 2018.
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Seward Trunk and Bag was founded in 1878 by Simon Seward. He died in 1912 and his sons took over the business until it was sold to Mercury Luggage. [1] In 1967, Seward was purchased by the Dayco Corporation, the former Dayton Rubber Company, of Dayton, Ohio. In 1970, Seward manufactured the trunks that carried the NASA's moon rocks across the ...