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The History of North Atlantic steam navigation with some account of early ships and shipowners (1896)

Fry, Henry · New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 100

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Their cylinders were only 72 inches with 4 feet stroke, 350H.P. nominal, but 2480 indicated.* They were completely eclipsedby the Inman and White Star boats. A singular feature of theCunard management from the first has been their ultra-con-servatism. For thirty years they never altered the… … THE CUNARD LINE AND ITS COMPETITORS. 8l apology for a ladys cabin. Even the type and form of theoriginal menu were preserved. But then during all these yearsthey never lost a passenger or a letter, and this gave them bothprestige and profit. Charles Mclver deemed both the boats andthe management…

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