HAL Deck Scenes from 1890 :- Dry dock.

Imagine a trans-Atlantic voyage from Rotterdam to New York in 1890. A small 4,539 ton liner with 880 passengers in two classes — 80 first and 800 third class passengers. It must have felt cramped on board Holland America Line’s ss Spaarndam. The following collage shows the ss Spaarndam deck scene and gives a glimpse of how life was aboard this proud little liner.

Ben van Zeijl is a Holland America Line fan and historian, and a frequent blog

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