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Catalog Number
1968.12.44.1Description
Key and key chain from the SS South American, aquamarine colored, plastice key chain with the words “C.D. & G.B.T. Co. (Georgian Bay Line) S.S. South American Detroit 26, Michigan”.History
SS South American was a Great Lakes steamboat built in 1913 for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company. The vessel was launched on February 21, 1914.She caught fire on September 9, 1924 in winter lay-up at Holland, Michigan. Her upper works were rebuilt that winter.
Retired from regular passenger service in 1967, the South American was scrapped in 1992.