Pacific Coast Steamship Companies Collection 1866-1942

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Pacific Coast Steamship Companies Collection 1866-1942

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This collection contains financial documents, journals, legal documents, and business records of the Alaska Coast Company, Alaska Pacific Steamship Company, American Mail Steamship Company, Miscellaneous companies, Pacific Coast Steamship Company, Pacific Alaska Navigation Company, and Pacific Steamship Company from 1866-1942.

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eng,

Claremont Colleges.Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6651343

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Pacific Coast Steamship Company

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Biographical / Historical Notes The Pacific Coast Steamship Company (PCSC) was founded in September 1882 under the name Pacific Steamship Company. This passenger and freight company was based in San Francisco. They shipped a variety of cargo such as vegetables, grain, lumber, coal and iron, and boasted modern, luxurious facilities for their passengers. In the early 1890s, the name Pacific Coast Steamship Company gained permanent resonance, un...

Pacific Coast Company

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The Pacific Coast Company rail, shipping, and coal operations served the West coast from the mid-19th century until its last railways were abandoned or sold in the mid-20th century. Though the company was organized under the "Pacific Coast Company" name in late 1897, it comprised several existing organizations, most notably the Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Pacific Coast Coal Co., and the Pacific Coast Railway. In Seattle, the Columbia & Puget Sound Railroad, originally the Seattle & Wall...