Steam-ships : $b The story of their development to the present dayFletcher, R. A.
History
Steam-ships : $b The story of their development to the present day
Fletcher, R. A.
Shipbuilding; Steamboats
39. The _Mona’s Isle_ (II.), built 1860, as a paddle
steamer _To face_ 92
40. The _Ellan Vannin_ (the foregoing, altered to a
screw steamer and re-named, 1883) _To face_ 94
The last four illustrations by courtesy of the Isle of Man Steam
Packet Co.
41. The _Majestic_ _To face_ 96
From a photograph of a contemporary bill, by courtesy of J. W.
Little, Esq., of Little and Johnston
42. The _Lady Roberts_ _To face_ 98
By courtesy of the British and Irish Steam Packet Co.
43. The _Augusta_, 1856 100
By courtesy of F. H. Powell and Co., Liverpool
44. The Turbine Steamer _Marylebone_ (G.C. Railway) _To face_ 104
45. The _Cambria_ (L. & N.W. Railway) _To face_ 104
46. The Turbine Steamer _St. Patrick_ (G.W. Railway) _To face_ 114
47. The R.M. Turbine Steamer _Copenhagen_ (G.E.
Railway) _To face_ 116
48. The _Scotia_ (L. & N.W. Railway) _To face_ 120
The last five by courtesy of the respective companies
49. The _Savannah_ _To face_ 124
By kind permission of the _Master, Mate, and Pilot_
50. The _Rising Star_ 130
Drawing by E. Coffin from a very rare picture
51. The _Dieppe_ (L.B. & S.C. Railway) _To face_ 134
By permission of the Company
52. The _United Kingdom_ _To face_ 134
By courtesy of _Syren and Shipping_
53. The _Sirius_, from a print of 1837 _To face_ 140
54. The _Great Western_, from a print of 1837 _To face_ 142
Preserved at South Kensington
55. The _President_ 146
Drawn by E. Coffin from a contemporary picture
56. The _British Queen_ _To face_ 146
From an original oil-painting in the possession of the Author
57. The _Britannia_, 1840 _To face_ 152
By courtesy of the Cunard Co.
58. The _Atlantic_ 156
Drawn by E. Coffin from a contemporary picture
59. The _Adriatic_ (Collins Line, 1857) _To face_ 160
From “The Atlantic Ferry,” by A. J. Maginnis, by kind permission
of the publishers, Messrs. Whittaker and Co.
60. The _Earl of Hardwicke_ 168
61. The _Massachusetts_ 171
Both drawn by E. Coffin from contemporary pictures
62. The _Hindostan_, 1842 _To face_ 178
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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