SS St. Louis (1894)
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SS St. Louis was a passenger liner built in 1894 and sponsored by Frances Cleveland, the wife of Grover Cleveland. She entered merchant service in 1895, operating between New York and Southampton, Eng
St. Louis seen off New York in 1900.
Quadruple expansion engines of St. Louis in the Cramp workshop where they were built
351st Field Artillery troops on the deck of the Louisville, Feb. 17, 1919
Prince of Wales Graving Dock in Southampton was at one time the largest dry dock in the world. It opened in 1895, and was also known as 'Prince of Wales Dry Dock' or 'Dry Dock No 5'. For some years, i
SS St. Louis (1894)
…Louis was put into service, the American Line made Southampton its UK destination. The Southampton Docks Company facilitated this change by building Prince of Wales Graving Dock. In 1895, St. Louis was the second ship to use this dry dock, the largest in the world. The dock was important for the line, because otherwise its ships…
Prince of Wales Graving Dock in Southampton shortly after completion
Southampton Docks c. 1895
Cross section with tides.
Almost completed, 1895