Royal mail S.S. America, leaving Boston

Royal mail S.S. America, leaving Boston

Item Information

Title:
Royal mail S.S. America, leaving Boston
Description:
Royal mail S.S. America, leaving Boston. These early steam vessels were built of wood and in the East India service were expected to last only 8 years (4 complete voyages). Iron had begun to be used by 1818 but was not favored for a long time. It was 1840 before men discovered how to rectify the compass in an iron ship.
Collector:
Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
Date:
[ca. 1851–1854]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Lantern slides
Location:
Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library
Collection (local):
Charlestown Lantern Slides
Subjects:
Naval yards & naval stations
Sailing ships
Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > Charlestown
Boston Navy Yard
Extent:
1 photograph : transparency
Permalink:
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Notes:
Title from materials accompanying item.
Additional information accompanying item: From Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion.
Notes (ownership):
Courtesy of Daddy & Jacks, 22 Bromfield St. Bos.
Notes (date):
Date from accompanying materials: Before 1925
Date supplied by cataloger.
Notes (historical):
Reverend Cutler was rector at St. John’s Church from 1924 to 1959 and most likely assembled this collection during that time.
Identifier:
CHA-122-A2