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3,132 gross 1869 at Jarrow-on-Tyne by Palmer‘s Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. Guion Line 345.3ft x 43.3ft 
 Year Departure ArrivalRemarks
 1869  Feb. 13, launchedAtlantic Journey ID 7252
 1869  Apr. 13, maiden voyage Liverpool - Queenstown - New YorkAtlantic Journey ID 7253
 1870  Liverpool     New York  Aug. 07 Liverpool & Great Wester Steam Ship CompanyTransatlantc ID
 1870  Liverpool     New York  Sept. 18 Liverpool & Great Wester Steam Ship CompanyTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  June 04 Liverpool & Great Western Steam Ship Company - Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  July 15 Transatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  Aug. 28 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  Oct. 08 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1871  Liverpool     New York  Nov. 19 Transatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  June 16 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  July 28 Also reported arrive 1872-07-29Transatlantc ID
 1872  Liverpool     New York  Sept. 08 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool     New York  May 17 Transatlantc ID
 1873  Liverpool     New York  June 29 Agent DHrr. Blichfeldt & Co., ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool     New York  May 25 Agent O. Jacobsen, ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool  June 24  New York  July 05 Agent O. Jacobsen, ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1874  Liverpool  Aug. 05  New York  Aug. 16 Agent O. Jacobsen, ChristianiaTransatlantc ID
 1878  June 1, wrecked on the coast of Wexford, IrelandAtlantic Journey ID 7254
The information listed above is not the complete record of the ship. The information was collected from a multitude of sources, and new information will be added as it emerges
The Idaho (official No. 58,901) was an iron screw steamer, brig-rigged, built at Jarrow, County Durham, in 1869. She was powered by two simple surface-condensing engines rated at a combined 440 horsepower. The Idaho was a sister ship to the Nevada. The Idaho was fitted out to carry 72 first-class passengers, and 800 steerage passengers.

Officers gathered on the after deck of the steamship Idaho of the Guion Line
Officers gathered on the after deck of the steamship Idaho of the Guion Line
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