Download or read book Transatlantic Paddle Steamers written by Hereward Philip Spratt and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transatlantic Paddle Steamers written by Hereward Philip Spratt and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transatlantic Paddle Steamers by H Philip Spratt written by H. Philip Spratt and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pioneer Transatlantic Paddle Steamers by H Philip Spratt written by H. Philip Spratt and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Story of the Paddle Steamer written by Bernard Dumpleton and published by Intellect Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paddle steamer holds a unique place in the history of maritime engineering. When the engineers of the early nineteenth century experimented with steamboats they chose the paddle wheel as the form of propulsion. Within twenty years the paddle steamers were at work on inland waters and short sea passages. They were graceful, elegant ships, but in the jet age too slow and uneconomical. In the 1950s they went to the breaker's yards in droves, and now there are only a few left. This book tells they story of the paddle steamers, and of the men who built, owned and sailed them.
Download or read book Famous Paddle Steamers written by F. C. Hambleton and published by London : P. Marshall. This book was released on 1948 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Paddle Steamers The Twilight Years written by John Megoran and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former captain of the PS Kingswear Castle explores the final decades of paddle steamers in Britain.
Download or read book One Hundred Years of Transatlantic Steam Navigation 1838 1938 written by Hereward Philip Spratt and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steamboats written by Karl Zimmermann and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the development of steamboats.
Download or read book Cross channel and Coastal Paddle Steamers written by Frank Burtt and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The First Atlantic Liners written by Peter Allington and published by Brassey's. This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors' text and illustrations provide a vivid picture of how the well-established traditions of the sailing ship were adapted to promote the development of the paddle ships and the early screw vessels.
Download or read book The Coming of the Comet written by Nick Robins and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1812 Henry BellÍs Comet, a revolutionary paddle steamer, made her first journey on the Clyde. This marked the start of extraordinary developments that completely transformed shipping and transport in Britain, Europe and the Americas. The paddle steamer soon became the key link with Empire, pushing the Honourable East India CompanyÍs wooden walls off the seas; it provided the all- important link with the Americas, and it offered emigrants to the New World a means of pushing westwards. ??In this fascinating new book Nick Robins analyses the remarkable impact of the paddle steamer and goes on to describe its development, both in terms of technology design and in relation to its effects on the transformation of nineteenth-century economies. He includes all Henry Bells disciples - the Burns brothers, Laird, Napier, Fulton, Syminton Cunard and Denny to name a few, and looks at their individual contributions. ??The impact of the paddle steamer on transport is difficult to overstate. It helped with the export of cotton from the American southern states, and with the transport of oil from BurmaÍs oil fields. The great stern wheelers of the Mississipi are legendary, but they also migrated to the Murray and Darling rivers in Australia, and to the Congo and Nile rivers in Africa, and the great rivers of Russia.??This wonderful story of nineteenth-century ingenuity will appeal to shipping enthusiasts and those with a wider interest in industrial history.
Download or read book Transatlantic written by Stephen Fox and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2004-06-29 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants who transformed the United States. In Transatlantic, the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built.
Download or read book Paddle Steamers written by Paddle Steamer Preservation Society. Scottish Branch and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paddle Steamers of the Thames written by Peter Box and published by Arcadia Publishing (SC). This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popularity of Thames paddle steamers as a means of transport began in the 1820s. They transported millions of holidaymakers along the river and to coastal resorts, initially transporting both cargo and passengers. By the 1860s these vessles were being supplanted by more modern, 'passenger-only' steamers. These new vessels often appeared only in the summer, hence the term 'butterfly boats' to describe them. By the time of the 1871 Bank Holidays Act, steamer routes were well established. The steamers offered a means of escape from the daily drudgery of work, to the 'glamorous' resorts of the Thames Estuary and, later, across the Channel. Until the First World War they were able to compete with other forms of transport and were still popular. However, by the mid-1930s the very concept of a paddle steamer was being threatened by the modern vessels that had appeared. In the late 1960s, the last paddlers were scrapped and with those vessels died - often literally - a Victorian heritage. A few survived in 'static roles' and today, still linger on. Of all the traditional Thames paddle steamers, only Medway Queen survives. She has returned to the Medway and her survival is the key aim of the Medway Queen Preservation Society. In Paddle Steamers of the Thames Peter Box manages to bring back the noises, smells and vibrations of this particular form of transport and an old-fashioned way of travelling at a slow, leisurely speed.
Download or read book Paddle Steamers written by Ken Watson and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Paddle Steamers 1837 to 1914 written by and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
