Infrastructure · Evidence-led place record

SS City of Rio de Janeiro

United States

American passenger ship built in 1878; sank in 1901

SS City of Rio de Janeiro in United States
Photo: newspaper unknown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationUnited States
DatasetExpanded physical oddities
Oddness signal88/99
Data completeness80%

The oddity, explained

Why is SS City of Rio de Janeiro unusual?

SS City of Rio de Janeiro appears here because the approved source classifies it as infrastructure. The source describes it as American passenger ship built in 1878; sank in 1901. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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