{"id":10019548987673,"title":"PARTHIA: 1870 - Circa 1870 color portrait \u0026 deck plans","handle":"parthia-1870-circa-1870-color-portrait-deck-plans","description":"\u003cp\u003eCunard Line - A circa 1870 trade card with a color portrait of the long-lived PARTHIA that opens up (3.25\" by 11.5\") to reveal deck plans of this famous Cunarder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe PARTHIA featured flush decks, an open bridge, three masts with barque-rigged sails and a single funnel. It would also be the first Cunard vessel to utilize bathrooms. Look closely at the portrait and you can pick out all the details. On the plans, the innovative toilets (versus chamber pots emptied by the steward) are visible in front of the Ladies Cabin on Spar Deck. They probably were no more than holes that emptied into the sea. 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It would also be the first Cunard vessel to utilize bathrooms. Look closely at the portrait and you can pick out all the details. On the plans, the innovative toilets (versus chamber pots emptied by the steward) are visible in front of the Ladies Cabin on Spar Deck. They probably were no more than holes that emptied into the sea. Winter passengers risked frostbite sitting too long on the loo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eObservers in 1870 probably would not have picked the PARTHIA to be the longest lasting Cunarder of all time. She was sold out of the fleet in 1884 and bounced around for awhile before landing, of all places, in Alaska. There her inch-tick wrought-iron hull was valued for its excellent ice breaking capabilities. With frequent updates, including a switch from coal to oil, she sailed until 1952. Her hull was still in excellent condition, so she was converted into a lumber barge. Finally her date with the breakers came in 1956. The ship was an incredible eighty-six years old!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition.\u003c\/p\u003e"}