S.S. ATHENIAN, with passengers departing for Nome, June 5, 1900

• Main Author: Romans, William P.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1900
• Subjects: Athenian (Steamship); Steamboats > Washington (State) > Seattle; Portraits; Group > Washington (State) > Seattle; Aitken; Newell; Pacific; St Michael; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/transportation/id/334

Caption on image: No. 264 by Romans. Employees Q.M. Dept. U.S.A. for Nome & St. Michael onboard S.S. ATHENIAN, June 5, 1900, Seattle, WA. On verso of image: Construction crew en route to build Fort Davis, Alaska (Nome) PH Coll 334.Romans7 The ATHENIAN was built at Glasgow by Aitken & Mansel and was launched December 7, 1881. She was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway on December 29, 1897, departing from Southampton for Vancouver, Washington February 12, 1898. On the way, the ATHENIAN made the first call at Honolulu by a Canadian Pacific vessel (p 37). She was scrapped in 1908 after being sold to a Japanese buyer (p 143). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966). To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction Please cite the Order Number