Name/Title
Sidewheel Steamer S.S. CITY OF KEY WESTEntry/Object ID
2016.22.0151Description
Black and white photograph of the P & O Steamship Line sidewheel steamer S.S. CITY OF KEY WEST. The ship was purchased by Florida East Coast Railway in 1896. She provided thrice-weekly passenger and freight service between Key West and Miami in the late 1890s. She was 227 feet long and displaced 939 tons, 900 horsepower. Her paddle wheels were 36 feet in diameter.Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Florida East Coast RailwaySubject Place
City
Key WestState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCounty
MonroeCollection
Florida East Coast Railway Collection (Overseas Railway Extension)Made/Created
Date made
circa 1890Time Period
19th CenturyPlace
City
Key WestState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCounty
MonroeLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-WhiteNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
