[Image: Cropped map of 1871–1914 Europe; Text: Irish-Danish-German Heritage]

(Europe, 1871–1914)

Port of Philadelphia

Irish–Danish–German Heritage

The Port of Philadelphia is on the Delaware River in Philadelphia city and county, Pennsylvania, in the northeastern United States.

Philadelphia was the headquarters for the International Navigation Company, which co-owned the Red Star Line (and owned the American Line).

Relevant immigrants:

Relevant ship: SS Switzerland

Philadelphia Harbor, Showing the Islands now being removed by the United States. Major C. W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, in charge. 1891.
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[Image: Port of Philadelphia]
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[Image: Close-up of buildings at Port of Philadelphia]

Source: Reproduced from image of collotype photograph, Frederick Gutekunst, “Philadelphia Harbor, Showing the Islands Now Being Removed by the United States. Major C. W. Raymond, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, in Charge. 1891,” 4 September 1891, http://www.loc.gov/item/2007661539/; image straightened and cropped of background and titled border, main caption in the original.

Map of United States highlighting Pennsylvania
[Image: Map of United States]
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Philadelphia city and county
[Image: Map of Pennsylvania]
Interactive map of Philadelphia Regional Port Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Advertisement for Philadelphia’s American Line and Red Star Line, 1895
[Image: ad]

The Pier 55 in the advertisement was at the South Wharves below Washington Avenue, shown approximately in the interactive map below:

Interactive map of Philadelphia, Washington Avenue at the Delaware River

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