City of Birmingham (Ship) scrapbook, 1923.

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City of Birmingham (Ship) scrapbook, 1923.

This collection contains a scrapbook with photographs and newspaper clippings regarding the launch of the City of Birmingham ship from Newport News, Virginia on 30 August 1930. The passenger ship was built for the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, Georgia.

1 volume (.10 cubic feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7790040

Georgia Historical Society

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The City of Birmingham, a passenger ship built for the Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, Georgia and was first launched in August 1923. The ship was equipped with the latest amenities of the time for the handling of freight and for the accommodation of passengers along the Atlantic coastline from Savannah, Georgia to New York, New York. The City of Birmingham had the capacity for 164 first class passengers and 40 second class passengers. From the description of City of Birmingham ...

Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah

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The Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah, which was generally known as the Savannah Line, was founded in 1872 to operate passenger and cargo steamships between Savannah, Georgia, and New York, New York. This company was a subsidiary of the Central of Georgia Railway and was integral in moving cotton from Georgia and Alabama to New York and Boston, Massachusetts over the next seventy years. In 1951, the company was liquidated due to the establishment of an effective national highway network. ...

City of Birmingham (Ship)

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