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Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 6 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Great Eastern, the. (search)
in draught, and of 24,000 tons measurement. At 30 feet draught she displaced 27,000 tons—an enormous total for an unarmored merchant vessel. As early as 1853, this vessel was projected for the East India trade around the Cape of Good Hope. There were then no accessible coal-mines in South Africa, and the Eastern Steam Navigation Company wanted a vessel that could carry its own fuel to India and return, besides, a large number of passengers and a great cargo. The vessel was designed by I. K. Brunel, and was built at the ship-yards of Messrs. Scott, Russell & Co., Millwall, near London. The operation of launching her lasted from Nov. 3, 1857, to Jan. 31, 1858. A new company had to be formed to fit her for sea, as the capital first subscribed for her had all been spent. She was fitted up to convey 5,000 persons from London to Australia, 800 first-class, 2,000 secondclass, and 1,200 third-class. She had, besides, capacity for 5,000 tons of merchandise and 15,000 tons of coal. Curi
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
it Smith's propeller first tried in England on a large scale in the 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 commissio