SS RIO DE JANEIRO Shipwreck

  • Also Known As: CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

  • Vicinity: Under 320 feet of water off Point Diablo
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Site


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Delaware River Iron Shipbuilding and Engineering Company Naval Architect
1878/00/00 Built
1901/02/22 Sank in heavy fog

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Particulars for SS RIO DE JANEIRO Shipwreck:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Historic and non-aboriginal
Criteria Historic Event
Criteria Information Potential
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Sight Category Site
Owner State
Boat Attribute Steamboat
Area of Significance Transportation
Historic Use Water-related



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 3rd November 1988

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: SS RIO DE JANEIRO Shipwreck
Registry Address: Address Restricted
Registry Number: 88002394
Resource Type: Site
Owner: State
Architect: Roach,John
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Steamship
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Commerce, Historic and non-aboriginal, Transportation, Military, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: 19th C American
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1878, 1901
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Water-related
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Underwater

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