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The Collins Line ship "Baltic"

I am grateful to Russell T. Parmerter for his kind permission to reproduce this image, which is located on this web site

The New York & Liverpool United States' Mail Steamship Company, commonly known as the Collins Line, was founded in New York around 1848 and made their first voyages between New York and Liverpool New York to Liverpool, in 1850 in 9 days 13 hours and 30 minutes.