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On the main deck at the bow, you can see the anchor chain, which is attached to the anchor.
(Now, I've Googled a bit to find the nomenclature of an anchor so I get it right, and here's what I've found...)
The chain is attached to the ring at the top of the anchor.
This looks like an "Admiralty" pattern anchor, by the design of the stock (the bar with the right-angle bend and a ball at both ends).
I can just make out what I believe to be a "balancing band" on the shank, just inside the gunwale.
The arm, shank and flukes aren't visible, so this is all a guess.
There is a man standing just rearward of the anchor.
Aft of the anchor chain, there are 2 scuppers, (the holes in the gunwales (railings) that let water flow off the deck), and there are 2 heavy lines running out of them and draped over the top of the gunwale. They each have a big loop for draping over a cleat on a dock.
The passengers are in their customary "Sunday best" - hats, ties and coats.
The passengers are leaning way over the rail at the stern.
The middle deck (I haven't figured out what the actual name of this deck is yet. It might be called the "upper deck".), the one between the main and the deck at the top, is filled with passengers.
The top-most deck ( may actually be called the "Bridge Deck", or maybe the "Weather Deck" - not sure!) is also loaded with passengers.
This next image is not mine. I found by Googling "Steamboat Plymouth"
Here are several clippings I found by Googling:
This clipping reads, "Arthur D. Story, Essex, Mass., will build a $15,000 steamer, 110 feet long, for the Winthrop Steamboat Co.". It might be "$25,000".
This clipping reads, "The big steamboat Plymouth of the Fall River Line, while undergoing reparis at Newport, R.I., was burned to the water's edge March 27. One man lost his life. The Plymouth was valued at about $1,000,000. She was built 16 years ago, but was still one of the best boats of the line, and was known as the "Queen of the Sound." She was 352 feet over all, 50 feet beam and 19 feet deep. Her gross tonnage was 3,370."
From "The Railroad and Engineering Journal, Volume 64 - June, 1890."
The new steel steamboat Plymouth for the Old Colony Steamboat Company was launched at the Roach Yard at Chester, Pa., April 3. The Plymouth is 366 ft. over all, 350 ft. molded length, 50 ft. beam, 85 ft. over guards and 19 ft. depth of hold. She will ply between New York and Fall River, and, like the Puritan and Pilgrim of the same fleet, is constructed on the double-hull bracket plate and longitudinal system, giving her seven water-tight bulkheads and 50 water-tight compartments. Instead of a compound beam-engine like the Pilgrim, the Plymouth will have four-cylinder triple-expansion engines connected directly to the main shaft.
