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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Steam navigation. (search)
ip Company formed, and keel of the Great Western (1,340 tons) laid at Bristol, England1836 Peninsular Steamship Company founded1837 Captain Ericsson's screw steamer, Francis B. Ogden, makes 10 miles per hour on the ThamesApril, 1837 First voyage of the steamship Great Western, launched July 19, 1837, from Bristol to New YorkApril 8-23, 1838 Sirius, built at London, crosses the Atlantic in 18 1/2 days, reaching New York under steam a few hours before the Great WesternApril 23, 1838 Thomas Petit 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.