The Ancon, a paddlewheel (or side wheel) steamer and sister to the Orizaba, at the 5th Street Wharf, San Diego bay, ca.1885

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Title	The Ancon, a paddlewheel (or side wheel) steamer and sister to the Orizaba, at the 5th Street Wharf, San Diego bay, ca.1885
Description	Photograph of the Ancon, a paddlewheel (or side wheel) steamer and sister to the Orizaba, at the 5th Street Wharf, San Diego bay, ca.1885. Parked nearby the steamer are other similar-sized ships with their sails down. The water is calm. Picture file card reads: "Sister ships -- Ancon (8283) & Orizoba (11953) P.C.S.S. Co. Built in New York in 1855. 894 tons, 240 feet long, beam 34 feet, depth 15 feet. 500 horse powered engine. Came through straits of Magellan in 1856. Name of line changed to Pacific Mail Navigation Co. in 1881. Orizoba broken up in 1887. Ancon lasted 2 years longer. In 1887, all Pacific Mail ships changed to screw propeller and iron hull".
Subject	S. S. Ancon; Orizaba
Subject (adlf)	bays
Subject (file heading)	San Diego County -- General; Transportation -- Water -- Side wheel
Subject (lcsh)	Ships Steamboats
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	San Diego
Geographic subject (county)	San Diego
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1885
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1885
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	8283
Call number	CHS-8283
Microfiche number	1-121-28
Legacy record ID	chs-m8894; USC-1-1-1-9031; USC-1-1-1-12863
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-8283
Archival file	chs_Volume66/CHS-8283.tiff

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