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Category : Steamboats
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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American Steam Vessels Series: Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay steam vessels
Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay Steam Vessels
Steamboats on Long Island Sound
Author: Norman J. Brouwer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467122238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Robert Fulton built the world's first commercially successful steamboat in 1807, but it was not until after the War of 1812 that these vessels entered service along the Long Island Sound. For 127 years, between 1815 and 1942, steamboats provided a link between New York and cities in southern New England, greatly reducing travel time. Steamboats served the Connecticut cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Derby, New Haven, Hartford, New London, Norwich, and Stonington. They also linked New York to the Rhode Island cities of Newport, Bristol, and Providence as well as the southern Massachusetts cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The rapid expansion of industries in southern New England gave steamboats the additionally important role of transporting raw materials to mills and factories and their finished products to New York. Rivalries between steamboat services led to the construction of faster, larger, and more elegantly furnished boats, resulting in the "floating palaces" that were some of the largest and most majestic steamboats the world had ever seen.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467122238
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Robert Fulton built the world's first commercially successful steamboat in 1807, but it was not until after the War of 1812 that these vessels entered service along the Long Island Sound. For 127 years, between 1815 and 1942, steamboats provided a link between New York and cities in southern New England, greatly reducing travel time. Steamboats served the Connecticut cities of Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, Derby, New Haven, Hartford, New London, Norwich, and Stonington. They also linked New York to the Rhode Island cities of Newport, Bristol, and Providence as well as the southern Massachusetts cities of Fall River and New Bedford. The rapid expansion of industries in southern New England gave steamboats the additionally important role of transporting raw materials to mills and factories and their finished products to New York. Rivalries between steamboat services led to the construction of faster, larger, and more elegantly furnished boats, resulting in the "floating palaces" that were some of the largest and most majestic steamboats the world had ever seen.
The Past and the Present of Steam Navigation on Long Island Sound
Author: Henry Whittemore
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Category : Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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Publisher:
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Category : Long Island Sound (N.Y. and Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 84
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American Steam Vessels Series: New York Bay steam vessels
American Steam Vessels Series: Hudson River steamboats
American Steam Vessels Series: Ocean steam vessels
Long Island Sound and Narrangansett Bay Steam Vessels
Author: Samuel Ward Stanton
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Category : Steamboats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Steamboats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The American Admiralty
Author: Erastus Cornelius Benedict
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Category : Admiralty
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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Category : Admiralty
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
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