Pacific Mail Steamship Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
shipping company
|
| gptkbp:aircraft |
gptkb:SS_China
gptkb:SS_Golden_Gate gptkb:SS_Pacific |
| gptkbp:associated_with |
gptkb:California_Gold_Rush
gptkb:U.S._Navy gptkb:Panama_Canal transcontinental railroad Chinese_immigration |
| gptkbp:availableIn |
competition from railroads
World_War_II_impact |
| gptkbp:collaboratedWith |
gptkb:American_Mail_Line
|
| gptkbp:founded |
1848
|
| gptkbp:founder |
gptkb:William_H._Aspinwall
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
|
| gptkbp:historical_significance |
first steamship line to operate in the Pacific
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
|
| gptkbp:keyPeople |
gptkb:Charles_Morgan
gptkb:John_W._Mackay gptkb:William_H._Aspinwall |
| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced maritime trade
pioneered transpacific shipping contributed_to_California's_economy |
| gptkbp:notable_event |
end of service in 1949
establishment of transpacific routes first voyage in 1849 introduction_of_steamships_to_the_Pacific merger_with_American_Mail_Line_in_1938 |
| gptkbp:operates |
transpacific routes
|
| gptkbp:operates_in |
1949
California_to_Asia California_to_South_America |
| gptkbp:operations |
1949
|
| gptkbp:role |
facilitated_trade_between_U.S._and_Asia
supported_U.S._military_efforts_during_conflicts. transported_immigrants_to_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:service_area |
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
|
| gptkbp:serviceType |
passenger and freight
passenger service freight service ocean liner service |
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:American_Mail_Line
|
| gptkbp:transportation |
passengers
cargo |