SS Monumental City – first steamship to cross the Pacific

Mark Staniforth

SS Monumental City – first steamship to cross the Pacific

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Abstract

The US steamship Monumental City was declared a historic shipwreck under the provisions of the Commonwealth Historic Shipwrecks Act (1976) on 11 March 1982. At the time it was the only steam shipwreck declared under the Commonwealth Act in Victoria and the only declared Historic Shipwreck on the 500 kilometres of Victorian coastline near Melbourne.
During August 1982 the site was inspected by the Officer in Charge of the newly formed Historic Shipwrecks Unit of the Victoria Archaeological Survey. In October 1984, the (renamed) Maritime Archaeological Unit carried out a three day preliminary site survey during a two week Wreck Inspection trip to Mallacoota. The report presents the results of this work together with a historical background of the vessel and her place in Victoria's maritime heritage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Iron ships & steam shipwrecks
Subtitle of host publication	papers from the first Australian Seminar on the management of Iron vessels & steam shipwrecks
Editors	Mike McCarthy
Place of Publication	Perth, WA
Publisher	WA Museum
Chapter	36
Pages	163-168
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	0730915212
Publication status	Published - 1985
Externally published	Yes
Event	First Australian Seminar on the Management of Iron Vessels & Steam Shipwrecks - Australian Institute for Maritime Archaeology, Western Australia, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 1985 → 5 Dec 1985

Seminar

Seminar	First Australian Seminar on the Management of Iron Vessels & Steam Shipwrecks
Country/Territory	Australia
Period	4/12/85 → 5/12/85

Keywords

SS Monumental City
Shipwrecks
Steamships
Maritime archaeology
Underwater archaeology
Mallacoota
Victoria -- History -- 19th century

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SS Monumental City – first steamship to cross the Pacific. / Staniforth, Mark.
Iron ships & steam shipwrecks: papers from the first Australian Seminar on the management of Iron vessels & steam shipwrecks. ed. / Mike McCarthy. Perth, WA: WA Museum, 1985. p. 163-168.

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SS Monumental City – first steamship to cross the Pacific

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