Rigged Model of Packet Ship "Shenandoah"
date: label: Date made
content: 1963
label: original ship built
content: 1840
label: Cope Line operated
content: 1820-1870
label: sailed with the Cope Line
content: 1839-1844
label: sailed for the Dunham & Dimon Liverpool Line out of New York
content: 1845
label: sailed for the Black Diamond Line out of Philadelphia
content: 1846
label: sailed for the New LIne out of Philadelphia
content: 1847
label: abandoned at sea
content: 1854-08
name: label: shipbuilders
content: John Vaugn & Son
label: ship owners
content: Thomas P. Cope & Son
notes: label: Description
content: The packet ship <I>Shenandoah</I> was built in 1840 by John Vaugn & Son at Philadelphia, Pa. for Thomas P. Cope & Son, better known as the Cope Line. Wealthy Philadelphia Quakers, the Copes transported about 60,000 passengers—mostly Irish immigrants—from Liverpool to Philadelphia from 1820-1870.
label: Description
content: Measuring 143’ long and 738 tons, the <I>Shenandoah</I> spent nearly its entire career on the Philadelphia–Liverpool passage. It made 14 voyages for the Cope Line from 1839-44. In 1845 it sailed for the Dunham & Dimon Liverpool Line out of NY, but the following year it returned to Philadelphia for the Black Diamond Line. By 1847 it served the New Line, clearing Philadelphia on the 1st of the month and leaving Liverpool five weeks later, on the 8th of the following month. In the late 1840s, it lost its popular captain to the new Collins ocean steamship <I>Atlantic</I>. Many of the old sailing packet companies lost their captains to the newer and faster transatlantic steamship lines. The <I>Shenandoah</I> was abandoned at sea in August 1854.
place: label: ship sailed to
content: United Kingdom: England, Liverpool
label: ship sailed from
content: United States: New York, New York
label: where ship was built and sailed to and from
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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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.322426
label: catalog number
content: 322426
label: accession number
content: 247838
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ship
label: Object Name
content: model, rigged packet
label: Other Terms
content: ship; Maritime; Packet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metals (fittings material)
label: Physical Description
content: textile (sails material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 46 1/2 in x 58 in x 18 1/2 in; 118.11 cm x 147.32 cm x 46.99 cm