The Clyde from its source to the sea, its development as a navigable river, the rise and progress of marine engineering and shipbuilding on its banks, and the leading historical, geological, and meteorological features of the Clyde Valley (1888)
Millar, W. J · London, Blackie · leaf 186
chanism wassuch as would be considered creditable at the present day;and she has been justly styled by Mr. Woodcroft thefirst practical steamboat. It may be mentioned that one of the first iron vesselswas built at Faskine, on the Monkland Canal, a few THE RIVER. 163 miles east of Glasgow. She was… … steamer Charlotte Dundas.—From Prof. Rankines Manual of the Steam Engine;by permission. The following verses, written by William Muir, Bird-ston, near Kirkintilloch, in March, 1803, on seeing theCharlotte Dundas pass on the canal, are interesting, asgiving us a humorous glimpse into the past,…
Steam-navigation · Clyde River (Scotland)
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