key
Catalog Number
1968.12.44.2Description
Gold-colored key with light blue keychain. In white letters, on the key chain, is the name SS South American.History
The 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.