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Description: | Cut from the pump rod of the S.S. SIRIUS the first passenger steamer to cross the Atlantic. She left Cork on the 3rd and reached New York on the 22nd of April 1838. In June 1847 she was lost and after lying for 51 years was salvaged and her metal work purchased by MASONS B'ham who present this souvenir
I5 MASONS
SOUVENIR OF SS SIRIUS PRESENTED BY SAMUEL MASON, L'TD BIRMINGHAM
Section cut from the pump rod of 'Sirius'. Inscribed: 'Cut from the pump rod of the SS Sirius the first passsenger steamer to cross the Atlantic. She left Cork on the 3rd and reached New York on the 22nd April 1838. In Jan 1847 she was lost and after lying for 51 years was salvaged and her metal work purchased by Masons Birmingham, who present this souvenir'. Contained in a presentation box.
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Sirius 1837 pump rods | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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