USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Cabin class passengers were usually accommodated below the poop deck with steerage passengers below the main deck. Steerage passengers were further separated into single men, married couples and children, while single women were strictly segregated from all other passengers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Steerage is a term for the lowest category of passenger accommodation in a ship. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, considerable numbers of persons travelled from their homeland to seek a new life elsewhere, in many cases North America and Australia.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “steerage", or between-deck, often shortened to “tween-deck", was originally the deck immediately below the main deck of a sailing ship. ( Norw: Mellomdekk or Mellemdekk) In the early days of emigration the ships used to convey the emigrants were originally built for carrying cargo.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most crossed in the steerage area, below decks. Conditions varied from ship to ship, but steerage was normally crowded, dark, and damp. Limited sanitation and stormy seas often combined to make it dirty and foul-smelling, too. Rats, insects, and disease were common problems.