Eastern Steamship Lines was a shipping company in the United States that operated from 1901 to 1955. It was created through successive mergers by Wall Street financier and speculator Charles W. Morse.
Eastern Steamship Lines Brochure
Coastal ship SS Belfast approaching dock 1909.
SS Yarmouth (1926), at Yarmouth NS
SS Yarmouth was a steamship notable for its part in developing Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and connecting it to Boston, Massachusetts. Later in life it had a central role as the flagship of the Marcus Garv
Eastern Steamship Lines
…with the Eastern Steamship Company in 1911 to form Eastern Steamship Corporation. In 1912 The Eastern Steamship Corporation bought the steamships Yarmouth, Prince Arthur, and Prince George form the Canadian Pacific Railway. The vessels operated under the subsidiary called the Boston & Yarmouth Steamship…
Yarmouth moored at Baker's wharf, Yarmouth
SS Yarmouth, and Captain Cockburn c.1920