SS City Of Berlin Archival Collection
SS City of Berlin of the Inman Line, circa 1890. Photograph by John S. Johnston. Published by the Detroit Publishing Company No. 022344. Library of Congress LCN 2016805763. GGA Image ID # 1e5ea2310c
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- City of Berlin (1875) Inman Line
- Passenger Lists
- Route Maps, Track Charts, Abstract of Logs
- Back Cover Images
- Immigrant Documents
City of Berlin (1875) Inman Line
Built by Caird & Co., Greenock, Scotland. Tonnage: 5,491. Dimensions: 488' x 44' (513' o.l.). Single-screw, 16 knots. Compound engines. Three masts and one funnel. Iron hull. Launched: October 27, 1874. Dining saloon measured 44' x 43'. Coal consumption was 120 tons per day; 12 boilers; 36 furnaces. Modifications: New triple expansion engines in 1887. Passengers: 202 cabin, 1,500 third class. Maiden voyage: Liverpool-New York, April 29, 1875. Renamed: (a) Berlin (1893), (b) Meade (1898) United States Government. In transport service to the Philippines. Events: Nearly destroyed by fire in 1906. Rebuilt and used as a training ship at Boston. Fate: This trans-Atlantic record-breaker was scrapped at Philadelphia in 1921.
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Passenger Lists
Saloon Passenger List for the RMS City of Berlin of the Inman Line, Departing 8 June 1884 from Liverpool to New York, Commanded by Captain Arthur W. Lewis.
1889-09-11 SS City of Berlin Passenger List
Second Cabin Passenger List from the SS City of Berlin of the Inman Line, Departing 11 September 1889 from Liverpool to New York, Commanded by Captain Francis S. Land.
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Route Maps, Track Charts, Abstract of Logs
Track Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean and Memorandum of Log, SS City of Berlin Passenger List, 5 June 1884. GGA Image ID # 15b53c446e
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Back Cover Images
The Inman & International Steam Ship Company's New Steamers - City of New York & City of Paris, 10,500 Tons on the Back Cover, SS City of Berlin Passenger List, 11 September 1889. GGA Image ID # 15da5bf5bb
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Immigrant Documents
1893-03-06 Vaccination - ID Card
Card given to passengers to provide evidence of that passengers' vaccination for smallpox issued in 1893 by the American Line SS City of Berlin.
The Inman Liner City of Berlin broke the record for transatlantic passage in 1875, taking 7 days, 14 hours. It was also the first Atlantic liner fitted with electric light, the plant being installed in 1879.
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