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SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:SS_Normandie_Pier_88_1941.jpg licensed with PD-USGov-Military-Navy . 2009-11-03T04:52:49Z Altair78 600x336 (144998 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=During a flight over New York City on 20 August 1941, a photographer in Utility Squadron (VJ) 4 shot this view of Normandie alongside Pier 88 on the Hudson River; the French ...
The company's flagships, from SS La Champagne to SS Normandie to SS France, were built for this route, which brought in more than half of the revenues of the company. [83] This did not prevent the liners from taking part, in the off-season, in cruises, such as the Mediterranean cruises of SS La Provence , the around-the world cruise of the ...
1933–1940: Interior of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry, designed by Alfred Shaw; 1934: Pioneer Zephyr, the first of Edward G. Budd's streamlined stainless-steel locomotives; 1934: Tatra 77, the first mass-market streamline automotive design; 1934: Chrysler Airflow, the second mass-market streamline automotive design
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In 1935 he was the official photographer for the maiden voyage of the SS Normandie. [6] Percy was born in 1878 in Nottingham, England. [3] He founded the first photoengraving plant in Edmonton,Alberta, Canada (1906-16). He returned to his father's studio in 1917, Since 1917 he specialized in maritime photography while he lived on Staten Island.
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