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SS America (1869)
SS ''America'' (1869–1872) was a ship for Pacific Mail Steamship Company operating on the China Line along with the , , , , and spare steamer .〔(Pacific Mail SteamShip Co, Railroad Manual of the USA )〕 The America, which was one of the largest paddle wheel steamers in the world, was valued by Pacific Mail Steamship Company at $1,017,942 or about $40,000 less than the SS ''Great Republic'' or SS ''Japan''.〔("Reported Destruction by Fire of the Steam-Ship America" ), ''New York Times'', September 4, 1872〕
==Construction==
It was built in 1868-1869 by Henry Steers's shipyard (see George Steers and Co), at Greenpoint, Long Island, and was 4,454 tons. Length 363 feet; beam of hull 49 feet (wide) and 31 feet deep in hold, draft of water 18 feet. She had a beam engine, with 105-inch cylinder and twelve feet stroke of piston, the engine working up to 3,000 nominal horse-power.
At Bridgewater Iron Manufacturing Company were forged the large forgings for most of the ships of this time including America.〔''A history of American manufactures from 1608 to 1860...: comprising annals of the industry of the United States in machinery, manufactures and useful arts, with a notice of the important inventions, tariffs, and the results of each decennial census'', John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young, Publisher E. Young, 1868〕 The ship was built by George Steers and Co (New York) started in 1868, and finished in 1869. The ship cost $1,250,000.〔"The America Disaster", ''The New York Times'', October 11, 1872〕
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