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| Company type | Shareholder Company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping, transportation |
| Founded | 1908 in New York, United States |
| Defunct | 1954 |
| Successor | Ward-García Line |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | H. H. Raymond, C. H. Mallory, Benjamin Graham and Jerome Newman |
Agwilines Inc was a passenger and cargo shipping company of New York City. Agwilines is short for Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship Inc. AGWI Lines group operated four main lines in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s:[1][2]
- Ward Line
- Clyde line
- Mallory Line
- Porto Rico Line
- Later the Clyde-Mallory Lines
Agwilines Inc had offices in: New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, and Washington and was founded in 1908. In 1949, Graham-Newman Corporation (1926–1956), an investment corporation, purchased 70,000 shares of Agwilines Inc to become the controlling interest. Graham-Newman Corporation was founded by Benjamin Graham and Jerome Newm in 1926.[3]
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- ^ "Porto Rico Line - New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co". www.timetableimages.com.
- ^ "Clyde-Mallory Lines". www.timetableimages.com.
- ^ New York Time, December 17, 1948, business financial section, Page 55