The least expensive accommodations for passengers.
steerage
steerage
Tiny compartments where immigrants or 3rd class people stayed in boats/ships.
The steerage accommodations on ships were traditionally the cheapest accommodations available. Third class passengers (and some times second-class) were considered steerage. The rooms were usually below deck, rooms were usually shared, as well as toilets, so there was very limited privacy, and poor food.
Steerage
all immigrants came in ships,,poors were in the steerage while the rich were in the upper class
Because in sailing ships, that section would contain the tiller, which connected the ships wheel to the rudder and steered the vessel.
The Steerage was created in 1907.
Jason Francisco has written: 'The Steerage and Alfred Stieglitz' -- subject(s): Photographs, Photographers, Travel, Biography, Passenger ships
Steerage is at the bottom of the ship always.
Steerage was considered the worst accommodation on ships traveling from Europe to Asia due to its cramped and unsanitary conditions, where many passengers were packed together in poorly ventilated spaces. The lack of privacy, minimal facilities, and limited access to food and water made the experience uncomfortable and often unbearable. Additionally, steerage was primarily used by immigrants and those unable to afford better options, further contributing to its negative reputation. This resulted in high rates of illness and mortality during voyages.
Most came by steerage on ships and suffered for two months. This was the cheapest way to come. They saved and sold what they had to come.