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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
Archimedes of 237 tons1839 Unicorn, first steam-vessel from Europe to enter Boston Harbor, arrivesJune 2, 1840 First of the Cunard line, the Britannia, side-wheeler, crosses to Boston in 14 days 8 hours, leaving LiverpoolJuly 4, 1840 Pacific Steam Navigation Company established1840 Screw steamer Princeton built for the United States navy1843 Screw steamer Great Britain, first large ship with iron hull, designed by I. K. Brunel (3,443 tons, 322 feet long, 51 feet broad), launched July 19, 1843, sails from BristolJan. 23, 1845 Pacific Mail Steamship Company organized1847 Collins line of American steamships formed and subsidized by the United States government(It consisted of the Arctic, Baltic, Atlantic, and Pacific, and existed eight years. The barber-shops on shipboard were a new feature.) 1849 Inman line founded by William Inman, and the first vessel, an iron screw steamer, City of Glasgow, put in commission1850 Emigrants first carried in steamships of the Inman line1850