gf 5334 Steamboats Pilgrim - Caption reads: The Grand New Steamboat Pilgrim, the Largest in the World - Flagship of the
Fall River Line - Running between New York and Boston via Newport and Fall River. Commander: Capt. Benj. M. Simmons - Justly
styled from her magnitude and the splendor of her appointments, THE IRON MONARCH OF LONG ISLAND SOUND, is considered
fire proof, Unsinkable and secure amid all perils -/ Iron hull on longitudinal bracket system, with engines and boilers
enclosed in iron apartments, built by John Roach & Son, Chester, Pa, illuminated throughout with Edison Electric
Light, by the Edison Co., NY.
