A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents (1848)
Woodcroft, Bennet, 1803-1879 · London : Taylor, Walton, and Maberly · leaf 130
boat all over the coasts of Eng-land, Ireland, and Scotland, to show the public the advantage ofsteam boat navigation over the other mode of sailing. Previously to the voyages of the Comet, the average number oftravellers between Greenock and Glasgow was eighty up and eightydown ; in four years… … STEAM NAVIGATION. 87 Shortly after this period, steam navigation by paddle-wheels be- isii.came general in Great Britain. The first steam vessel which crossed the Atlantic was the Sa-vannah, built and equipped at New York. This vessel proceeded in1819 from New York to Liverpool, without stopping at…
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