The first four American built iron steam ships came from the William Cramp & Son's shipyard in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the Delaware River. Ordered by the International Navigation Company which would eventually become the American Line, these ships were not extremely large but were the largest passenger liners built in the U.S.A. at the time.
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