The Seminole was a later clipper ship, built by Maxon & Fish at Mystic, Connecticut

Mystic, Connecticut

Mystic is a village and census-designated place in New London County, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 4,001 at the 2000 census. A historic locality, Mystic has no independent government because it is not a legally recognized municipality in the state of Connecticut...

, in 1865.

Voyages

She was one of only two clipper ships in the post-Civil War period (1865-1900) to make a passage from an Atlantic port to San Francisco in less than one hundred days. Seminole arrived at San Francisco from New York on March 10, 1866, in 96 days. The Glory of the Seas, “the last ship built by Donald McKay

Donald McKay

Donald McKay was a Canadian-born American designer and builder of sailing ships.He was born in Jordan Falls, Shelburne County on Nova Scotia's South Shore. In 1826 he moved to New York, working for shipbuilders Brown & Bell and Isaac Webb...

, made the same voyage, arriving at San Francisco, January 18, 1874, in 94 days."

Delivery of locomotive to San Francisco

Seminole left New York on December 3, 1865, and arrived in San Francisco on March 11, 1866 of that after a voyage of 97 days, carrying Central Pacific

Central Pacific Railroad

The Central Pacific Railroad is the former name of the railroad network built between California and Utah, USA that formed part of the "First Transcontinental Railroad" in North America. It is now part of the Union Pacific Railroad. Many 19th century national proposals to build a transcontinental...

locomotive CP 10.