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SS Yarmouth (II)
SS Yarmouth (II) 1927-????
- Built in 1927 by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 365 feet long
- 5,002 gross tons
Run by the CPR partner, the Eastern Steamship Company. From 1927 to the start of WWII, Evangeline served the Yarmouth-New York route connected in the summer with the fast passenger trains No. 25 and 26, The New Yorker.
She was a sister ship to the later infamous Evangeline. They were built simultaneously although Evangeline was the first to launch and enter service in May of 1927. Yarmouth entered service in 1927 as well.
No. 2511 at Yarmouth with the SS Yarmouth berthed in the background circa 1948.
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
Train No. 98 and engine No. 2551 meeting the SS Yarmouth at the Boston boat dock at Yarmouth, NS in August, 1949.
SS Yarmouth arrives in Yarmouth sometime in 1950.
SS Yarmouth, dredge and harbour craft at Boston Dock, in Yarmouth on July 26, 1958.
The SS Yarmouth of Eastern Shipping Co. at the Boston Boat Dock, Yarmouth, NS on July 26, 1958.
SS Yarmouth at Boston Dock, Yarmouth on July 26, 1958.
