The History of Steam Navigation (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The History of Steam Navigation Queen Steam Navigation Co., 1836 - British Queen (1838) - Sirius (1838) - Royal William (City of Dublin Co., 1838) - Liverpool (1838) - British and American Steam Navigation Co.´s steamer President, launched 1839 - Lost 1841; British Government and the Atlantic Mail Service - Mr. Samuel Cunard - Formation of the Cunard Line - The Great Britain, launched 1843 - Leaves Bristol for London - Inspected by H. M. Queen Victoria - Leaves London for Liverpool - First voyage to New York (1845) - Stranded Dundrum Bay (1846) - Re-floated (1847) - Sails to New York (1852); Steam communication with the West Indies - The Royal Mail Steampacket Co. (1841), commences with a fleet of fourteen steamers - Generous concessions from Government - Rapid increase of trade - The "Trent affair" - First screw steamers for Company - The Imperial Direct West India Mail Service, Limited, established 1901; Early American Transatlantic Steamships - Massa-Chusetts (1845) - Washington (1847) -The Collins Line - General description of steamers - Arrival at Liverpool of pioneer steamer Atlantic - Description of - Accident to Atlantic - Loss of steamers Arctic and Pacific and collapse of the company; The loss of the Collins Liner Arctic; Steamship companies of the past (defunct or absorbed) - The Inman Line, 1850 - Galway Line, 1859 - National Line, 1863 - Guiou Line, 1866 - Royal Atlantic Steam Navigation Co.; Liverpool and Glasgow Steamers - The Orion wrecked off Portpatrick, 1850 - The steamer Neptune - A second Grace Darling; The Eastern Steam Navigation Co. - Proposal to build a line o´ Leviathan steamers - Great Eastern - Contracted for - Attempts to launch - Finally successful - Description of - Enormous loss to shareholders - Sails for New York - Carries troops to Canada - Lays Atlantic Cable - Is ultimately bought by Lewis for exhibition purposes, and finally broken up; Steam to Australia - Sophia Jane - Great Britain - Golden Age - Royal Charter lost, 1859; Steamships in Chinese waters - Scotland (1860) - Robert Lowe (1863) Alfred Holt Line, 1865 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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