A Chronological History of the Origin and Development of Steam Navigation

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1883. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... The Great Ocean Steamship Companies.--General Remarks, Ocean Tramps, ETC.The Cunard, 1840.--The Peninsular and Oriental, 1840.--Pacific Steam Navigation, 1840.--Royal West India Mail, 1841.--Collins Line, 1847.--Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 1848.--Warren Line, 1850.--Inman Line, 1850.--The Messageries Maritimes, 1851 Allan Line, 1854.--Hamburg American Packet Company, 1855.--Anchor Line, 1856.--North German Lloyds, 1857.--Leyland Line, 1860.--Conipagnie Qenerale Transatlantique, 1862.--National Steamship Company, 1863.--Williams & Guion Line, 1866.--Old Dominion Line, 1867.--White Star Line, 1870.--American or Keystone Line, 1871.--City Line.--State Line, 1872.--Red Star Line, 1873.--The Monarch Line, 1874.--Harrison Line.--Ocean Steamship Company of Savannah.--The Mitsu-Bishi Steam Navigation Company, 1875.--The Atlas Steamship Company.--Roach's United States and Brazil Steamship Line, 1875.--The Mallory Line.--The Red "D" Line, 1879.--New York, Havana, and Mexican Mail Line.--Boston and SavannHh Steamship Company, 1882.--Thingvalla Line, 1882.--West India Steamship Enterprise. I AM indebted to the courtesy of the managers, agents, and owners of the several ocean steamship lines for the major part of the information contained in this chapter, but I have also drawn from printed histories and circulars and communications which I have found in magazines and newspapers since these sketches of ocean steamship lines were written, and in part printed in the United Service. The Century, in its September number, has published an interesting article on ocean steamships, by S. W. G. Benjamin, which has been supplemented by an anonymous communication entitled " More about Ocean Steamships," published in the Boston Transcript. The writer seemed to be well posted up in hi...