Identifier: ldpd_8446801_000 (find matches)
Title: History of New York ship yards
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Morrison, John H.
Subjects: Shipyards--New York (State)--New York--History.
Publisher: Press of W.F. Sametz & Co.,
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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50 70 days Passed Cape Good Hope to New York, April 1850 42 daysSurprise. S. Hall, Fast Boston, 1850; 1200 tons.A. A. Low & (5o. Shanghai to New York, Jan. 1854 97 (lays Shanghai to New York, March 1855. . . .105 days Shanghai to New York, March 1857 85 days Passed Anjier to New York, March 1857 70 days Hong Kong to New York, April 1859. . . .89 days Passed Java Head to New York, April 1859 70 days Shanghai to New York, April 1800 90 days White Squall. Jacob Bell, 1850. 1500 tons. Canton to New York, March 1853 101 days Passed Java Head to New York, March 1853 81 days Passed Tape Good Hope to New York March 1853 40 daysSan Francisco to New York, Dec. 1853. . .90 daysWas so badly injured by fire at same time as theGreat Republic as to be retired as a clipper ship; sub-sequently bark rigged. Mandarin. Smith & Demon, 1850. 700 tons. Shanghai to New York, May 1853 91 days New York to Melbourne, Dec. 1855 70 days These vessels were the first ten clippers from this country to China.
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CLIPPER SHIP COMET.In a Hurricane off Bermuda, October, 1852. HIGH WATER IN WOODEN SHIPBUILDING. 131 Shanghai to New York, April 1858 100 days Passed Anjier to New York, April 1858 85 days Foochow to New York, Dec. 1859 116 days Passed Java Head to New York, Dec. 1859 76 days Comet. William H. Webb, 1851. 229x40x22.Left New York on first voyage Oct. 1, 1851, andarrived at San Francisco January 13, 1852, 104 days. San Francisco to Whampoa, April 1852. .58 days Whampoa to New York, Aug. 1852 96 days Passed Anjier to New York, Aug. 1852 72 days New York to San Francisco, Jan. 1853. .112 daysSan Francisco to New York, May 1853. . 83 d. 18 h.New York to San Francisco Dec. 1853. . .127 daysSan Francisco to New York, March 1854.76 d. 7 h.San Francisco to Cape Horn March 1854.35 d. 7 h. Cape Horn to New York March 1854 41 days New York to Liverpool, May 1854 19 days Liverpool to Hong Kong, Sept. 1854. . .84 d. 16 h.Best days run 350 miles.. San Francisco to New York, Dec. 1857. . .98 daysNew

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