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GUYLOTO
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USA
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 Posted - 18/01/2004 : 02:29:59
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| I am ignorant about traveling by ships in the 1880's. What was the average time it would take to reach the US from Norway (including multiple port stops & weather). Is it safe to calculate in months? years? Thank you in advance for your help. |
CHRISTOPHER LANGSETT, USA EMAIL: GUYLOTO@PALOUSE.COM URL: www.LANGSETT.COM |
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Jo Anne Sadler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
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Posted - 18/01/2004 : 06:16:12
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| Recommend you read the many informative articles on this site including Departures/Arrivals, etc. |
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jwiborg
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 18/01/2004 : 19:51:13
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Hi,
emigrantships leaving Oslo around 1900, arrived in New York approx. 15 days later, with maybe only 1 stop in Copenhagen.
Feeder ships who brought the emigrants over to Hull, England, was also very common, then train to Liverpool, and then boarded a new ship headed for America.
You may also want to read this article; Concerning Emigration?, posted in the Norwegian "Billed-Magazin", spring 1869.
It's interesting reading, and decribes several routes to the west, and how to cross Lake Michigan.
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"THE LENGTH OF THE VOYAGE - MOST FAVORABLE TIME TO EMIGRATE.
With favorable weather, the journey from Norway to some American port, for example, Quebec, can be covered in about five weeks. As an average we can estimate seven weeks, and the emigrants who cross the ocean that quickly have no cause for complaint. It has happened that emigrant vessels have been en route twelve or thirteen weeks, but such cases are unusual."
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Borge
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GUYLOTO
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How long did it take to get to the USA?
