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THE HISTORY OF STEAM NAVIGATION

Written by John Kennedy
Published by Charles Birchall in 1903

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THE HISTORY OF STEAM NAVIGATION
Written by John Kennedy.
Stock no. 1204672
3rd. 1905. Hardback. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt titles. 4 double-page colour plates of shipping companies flags and funnels. Numerous b/w illustrations. xvii 359 pages vi pages of index xv pages of interesting adverts with b/w illustrations. Endpapers very lightly browned else contents fine. Spine faded. Cover edges slightly faded.

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Cover of THE HISTORY OF STEAM NAVIGATION by John Kennedy

Contents

  • CHAPTER I. Inventors and Alleged Inventors prior to 1807
  • CHAPTER II. Fulton (1807) - THE CLERMONT (1807)
  • CHAPTER III. 1812-1815 Steamboats on the Clyde - THE COMET, INDUSTRY AND ARGYLL
  • CHAPTER IV. The year 1815 - Arrival of the first Steampacket on the Mersey
  • CHAPTER V. 1816-1818 London packets, the DEFIANCE, MAJESTIC, REGENT
  • CHAPTER VI. Early Clyde Steampackets
  • CHAPTER VII. 1819-1821 - The last steamer to cross the Atlantic
  • CHAPTER VIII. The St. George's Steampacket Co
  • CHAPTER IX. Routes to India and the East - THE ENTERPRIZE
  • CHAPTER X. Steam on the Pacific - THE TELICA (1825)
  • CHAPTER XI. French Expedition to Algiers (1830)
  • CHAPTER XII. Pioneers of Transatlantic Steam Navigation
  • CHAPTER XIII. British Government and the Atlantic Mail Service
  • CHAPTER XIV. Steam Communication with the West Indies
  • CHAPTER XV. Early American Transatlantic with the West Indies
  • CHAPTER XVI. The loss of the Collins Liner ARCTIC
  • CHAPTER XVII. Steamship companies of the past
  • CHAPTER XVIII. Liverpool and Glasgow Steamers
  • CHAPTER XIX. The Eastern Steam Navigation Co
  • CHAPTER XX. Steam to Australia - SOPHIA JANE - GREAT BRITAIN - GOLDEN AGE - ROYAL CHARTER lost 1859
  • CHAPTER XXI. Steamships in Chinese waters
  • CHAPTER XXII. Remarkable History of the Glasgow Steamer FERRET
  • CHAPTER XXIII. Anglo-Canadian Steamship Companies
  • CHAPTER XXIV. Railway Companies as Steamship owners
  • CHAPTER XXV. Turbine Steamers - TURBINIA - KING EDWARD - QUEEN ALEXANDRA - QUEEN - EMERALD - Allan Liners
  • PART II.
  • CHAPTER I. Elders, Dempster & Co
  • CHAPTER II. African Steamship Co, Ltd
  • CHAPTER III. British and African Steam Navigation Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER IV. Imperial Direct West India Service, Ltd
  • CHAPTER V. City of Dublin Steampacket Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER VI. British and Irish Steampacket Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER VII. Bibby Line
  • CHAPTER VIII. Cork Steamship Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER IX. Cunard Steamship Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER X. Houston R.P. & Co
  • CHAPTER XI. Houlder Bros & Co
  • CHAPTER XII. Laird, Alex. A & Co
  • CHAPTER XIII. Langlands, M & Sons
  • CHAPTER XIV. Little, Jas & Co
  • CHAPTER XV. MacBrayne, David
  • CHAPTER XVI. MacIver, David & Co
  • CHAPTER XVII. MacIver's Liverpool and Glasgow Steamers
  • CHAPTER XVIII. Sligo Steam Navigation Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER XIX. Waterford Steamship Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER XX. White Star Line
  • CHAPTER XXI - Adelaide Steamship Company
  • CHAPTER XXII. Belfast Steamship Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER XXIII. Isle of Man Steamship Co Ltd
  • CHAPTER XXIV. Union-Castle Mail Steam Ship Co Ltd