A sketch of the origin and progress of steam navigation from authentic documents (1848)
Woodcroft, Bennet, 1803-1879 · London : Taylor, Walton, and Maberly · leaf 144
s Journal,the London Journal of Arts and Sciences, the London Me-chanics Magazine, and other similar publications. The propelling machinery was, however, subsequently removedfrom the Francis B. Ogden, disposed of, and applied to other pur-poses, 1838. We now come to the period when the system of… … STEAM NAVIGATION. 99 On the 7th of July, 1838, a new iron vessel, built by Messrs. lassLaird and Company, of Birkenhead, and fitted with a screw propeller,was launched into the Mersey. This vessel was constructed forCaptain Stockton, of the American Navy, who has been alreadymentioned, and…
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