Pacific Steam Navigation Company
Pacific Steam Navigation Company

Author: Ian Collard

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-02-15

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1445635054

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Founded in 1838, and operating to South America from Liverpool, the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. was the first to operate steamships in the Pacific.

Steamboats on the Western Rivers
Steamboats on the Western Rivers

Author: Louis C. Hunter

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-04-30

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 0486157784

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Richly detailed definitive account covers every aspect of steamboat's development — from construction, equipment, and operation to races, collisions, rise of competition, and ultimate decline of steamboat transportation.

Coal, Steam and Ships
Coal, Steam and Ships

Author: Crosbie Smith

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-07-05

Total Pages: 473

ISBN-13: 1107196728

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An innovative account of the trials and tribulations of first-generation Victorian mail steamship lines, their passengers and the public.