The Pacific Coast Steamship Company was an important early shipping company that operated steamships on the west coast of North America. It was first organized in 1867 under the name Goodall, Nelson a
Pacific Coast SS Co flyer
Schedule for early 1887
The ill-fated SS Pacific
SS City of Chester
SS City of Topeka
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SS City of Topeka was an iron-hulled passenger/cargo steamship built in 1884 by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. She was purchased by the Pacifi
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
…a lot steadier and more comfortable than their slightly speedier competitors. Ships The ill-fated SS Pacific SS George W. Elder SS City of Chester The City of Topeka in 1899 alongside the Muir Glacier Railway lines Beginning around 1873, a horse-powered, 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge tramway transported passengers…
Steamer City of Topeka beside Muir Glacier, ca 1899 (WARNER 500)