Pacific Mail Steamship Company
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The Pacific Mail Steamship Company was founded in 1848 to transport mail under contract from the United States Government from the Isthmus of Panama to California. During California Gold Rush in 1849, the company was a key mover of goods and people and played a key role in the growth of San Francisco, California.
One of the company's steamships, the Winfield Scott, ran aground on Anacapa Island in 1853.
In 1867 the company launched the first trans-Pacific steamship service with a route between San Francisco and Yokohama Japan. This route led to an influx of Japanese immigrants, bringing additional cultural diversity to California.
The company was a charter member of the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
In 1925 the company was purchased by Robert Dollar & Co..
External Source
- [Company history], hosted by the Mystic Seaport
- [2002 article] about "San Francisco's own Titanic" [SS City of Rio de Janeiro] and her 1901 sinking in the GGNRA from the NPS "Park News"
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