Bessemer Steamship Colors

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Re: Bessemer Steamship Colors

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A two part article on the "Life and Times of the Bessemer Fleet" was in the March-April 1978 issue of Telescope: https://images.maritimehistoryofthegrea ... 3/data?n=7 (PDF download is on the right side of page.)

The second was in the May-June 1978 issue
https://images.maritimehistoryofthegrea ... 4/data?n=2

And William you're correct, for some reason I wrote down a large block "P", when it obviously should be a "B". It was white, btw.

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Re: Bessemer Steamship Colors

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The hulls were red, cabins white while the funnel was black with a large block letter "P".
Actually the funnel livery consisted of a somewhat stylized white letter "B." Here is a detail from a photograph showing the Samuel F. B. Morse at Manitowoc loading grain in July 1900.
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Guest

Re: Bessemer Steamship Colors

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If I remember correctly wasn't Bessemer owned by John D. Rockefeller or another one of the big business tycoons during that time period?
Scott

Re: Bessemer Steamship Colors

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Were they associated with the Bessemer and Lake Erie RR?
Guest

Re: Bessemer Steamship Colors

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The hulls were red, cabins white while the funnel was black with a large block letter "P".

Brian
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Bessemer Steamship Colors

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What was the Bessemer steamship company's color scheme?
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