Ship Model, SS <I>Frisia</I>
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1975
label: SS Frisia built
content: 1872
label: SS Frisia scrapped
content: 1902
name: label: made for
content: Division of the History of Technology. Transportation
label: built SS Frisia
content: Caird & Co.
label: owned SS Frisia
content: Hamburg-American Line
notes: label: Description
content: This model is a cutaway of the German steamship <I>Frisia</I>. Originally launched as the <I>Alsatia</I>, the <I>Frisia</I> was a transatlantic passenger ship, with room for 820 passengers. Built in 1872 by Caird & Co. in Scotland, <I>Frisia</I> was owned by the Hamburg-American Line. Rigged for both sail and steam power, the <I>Frisia</I> could make the Atlantic crossing in about 12 days.
label: Description
content: Many of the passengers who traveled aboard the <I>Frisia</I> were immigrants bound for America. In 1876, a group of some 70 Russian immigrants boarded the <I>Frisia</I> in Hamburg, Germany. Originally from Kratzke, a city in Russia near the Volga River, these men, women, and children left their homes with hopes of owning farmland in the United States. Upon arriving in New York, the Kratzke immigrants traveled west and settled in Russell County, Kansas, in October 1876. Although life was hard on the prairie, most immigrants did not return to their homeland. More Russian immigrants arrived in December 1876, and together they founded the Bender Hill community in Kansas.
label: Description
content: The <I>Frisia</I> was one of the last iron steamships of its era. Shortly afterwards, steel-hulled ships became standard. Following its run as an immigrant ship, the <I>Frisia</I> was renamed and sold to Italian owners who converted it into a coal carrier. In 1902, the SS <I>Frisia</I>, then known as the <I>Arno</I>, was scrapped in Italy.
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hamburg, Hamburg
label: SS Frisia built
content: United Kingdom: Scotland
label: SS Frisia scrapped
content: Italy
topic: label: Subject
content: Travel
label: Subject
content: Steamships
label: related event
content: The Development of the Industrial United States
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Transportation
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.336909
label: catalog number
content: 336909
label: accession number
content: 1979.0408
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship
label: Object Name
content: ship model
label: Object Name
content: model, ship
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 in x 90 in x 9 in; 99.06 cm x 228.6 cm x 22.86 cm