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Recreational domestic and international travel in the turn of the century was mostly reserved to those who had money and time. Trips to Europe had to be in length of at least four weeks in order to make the trip worthwhile.. Here are the one-way travel times that tourists planning to visit Chicago had to allow for.
Relative Position of Chicago with Regard to Other Principal Cities
1891 Distance and Time to Chicago from Principal Cities in North America:
Montreal, Canada, 842 miles ; time, 29 hours
Portland, Me., 1,255 miles; time, 40 hours
Boston, 1,150 miles ; time, 32 hours
New York, 911 miles ; time, 26 hours
Philadelphia, 822 miles; time, 24 hours
Baltimore, 854 miles; time, 27 hours
Washington, 811 miles; time, 26 hours
New Orleans, 915 miles; time, 48 hours
City of Mexico, 2,600 miles; time, 5 days
San Francisco, 2,450 miles ; time. 3½ days
Vancouver, B. C, 2,350 miles; time, 4 days
In 1891, the time between Queenstown, Ireland, and New York is now made by the average ocean steamer in less than seven days. The time from:
Queenstown to Chicago would therefore be about 8½ days;
Dublin, Ireland, 9 days
Belfast, Ireland, 9½ days
Liverpool, England, 9 days
London, England, 9½ days
Edinburg, Scotland, 10 days
Glasgow, Scotland (via Liverpool and Queenstown), 10 days
Havre (direct), 9 days
Paris (via Havre), 10 days
Bremen (via Southampton), 9 days
Berlin (via Bremen or Hamburg), 11 days (via Calais, Dover, Liverpool and Queenstown), 10 days
Vienna (via Bremen), 11 days
Rome (via Marseilles, Bologna, Liverpool and Queenstown), 15 days
Madrid, via Lisbon, direct, 12 days. (via rail to Havre, and via Havre by steamship direct) 16 days; (via Liverpool and Queenstown) 15 days
St. Petersburg (via Havre, Bremen or Hamburg), about 16 days.
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