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April 9th, 1856 AD (search for this): chapter 1
Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course into five sections, in which four other Medford ships made records, Ocean Express, John Wade, Syren and Living Age. The first section was from Sandy Hook to the Equator. There were twenty-seven ships which made the passage in 20 days or less. The best record was 16 days. White Swallow made the run in 17 days. The second section was from Cape St. Roque to 50° S. There were twenty-eight ships in all which m
April 21st, 1853 AD (search for this): chapter 1
Captain Clark mentions twenty-three Medford ships in a list of one hundred and seventy-three extreme type of clipper ships built between 1850 and 1857, and in a record of one hundred and twenty-eight passages made to San Francisco in 110 days or less between 1850 and 1860, from New York or Boston, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course
1840 AD (search for this): chapter 1
Old ships and Ship-building days of Medford. Chapter 6: The California clipper Ship Era. the names of Medford-built ships are italicized. THE New York builders took the lead in the changes designed to improve the speed of vessels after 1840. Mr. John W. Griffiths, a New York designer, advocated increasing the proportion of length to breadth and sharpening the body fore and aft, with long hollow water lines, and bringing the greatest breadth and center of buoyancy further aft. Another improvement he suggested was to round up the ends of the main transom, thereby relieving the quarters and thus making the after-body finer and the stern above the water-line much lighter and handsomer. Captain Clark. Clipper Ship Era. Mr. Griffiths, in 1843, designed the Rainbow on these lines, although she was not launched until 1845. The superiority of this type of ship was that with their sharp lines and lofty canvas they could point higher, and were able to cross belts of calm and
August 17th, 1852 AD (search for this): chapter 1
s ships designed by Mr. Pook were the Red Jacket and Game Cock. Captain Clark mentions twenty-three Medford ships in a list of one hundred and seventy-three extreme type of clipper ships built between 1850 and 1857, and in a record of one hundred and twenty-eight passages made to San Francisco in 110 days or less between 1850 and 1860, from New York or Boston, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph10
February 12th, 1856 AD (search for this): chapter 1
pe of clipper ships built between 1850 and 1857, and in a record of one hundred and twenty-eight passages made to San Francisco in 110 days or less between 1850 and 1860, from New York or Boston, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course into five sections, in which four other Medford ships made records, Ocean Express, John Wade, Syren and Li
August 7th, 1860 AD (search for this): chapter 1
hundred and twenty-eight passages made to San Francisco in 110 days or less between 1850 and 1860, from New York or Boston, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course into five sections, in which four other Medford ships made records, Ocean Express, John Wade, Syren and Living Age. The first section was from Sandy Hook to the Equator. Ther
April 5th, 1854 AD (search for this): chapter 1
n, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course into five sections, in which four other Medford ships made records, Ocean Express, John Wade, Syren and Living Age. The first section was from Sandy Hook to the Equator. There were twenty-seven ships which made the passage in 20 days or less. The best record was 16 days. White Swallow made the
1860 AD (search for this): chapter 1
Andrew Jackson. from New York. She was designed by Samuel A. Pook of Boston, who also designed the Ocean Telegraph, built by James O. Curtis in 1854. Other famous ships designed by Mr. Pook were the Red Jacket and Game Cock. Captain Clark mentions twenty-three Medford ships in a list of one hundred and seventy-three extreme type of clipper ships built between 1850 and 1857, and in a record of one hundred and twenty-eight passages made to San Francisco in 110 days or less between 1850 and 1860, from New York or Boston, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854
April 9th, 1855 AD (search for this): chapter 1
er108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course into five sections, in which four other Medford ships made records, Ocean Express, John Wade, Syren and Living Age. The first section was from Sandy Hook to the Equator. There were twenty-seven ships which made the passage in 20 days or less. The best record was 16 days. White Swallow made the run in 17 days. The second section was from Cape St. Roque to 50° S. There were twenty-eight ships in all which made the passage in 20 days or les
February 8th, 1854 AD (search for this): chapter 1
1850 and 1857, and in a record of one hundred and twenty-eight passages made to San Francisco in 110 days or less between 1850 and 1860, from New York or Boston, seventeen were made by thirteen Medford ships as follows:— ShipDaysPort of DepartureDate of Arrival Shooting Star105BostonAug. 17, 1852 Courser108BostonApril 28, 1852 Phantom105BostonApril 21, 1853 Golden Eagle105BostonAug. 25, 1854 Don Quixote106BostonMarch 29, 1855 Ringleader107BostonFeb. 12, 1856 Ringleader110BostonFeb. 8, 1854 White Swallow110New YorkAug. 7, 1860 Herald of the Morning99New YorkMay 16, 1855 Herald of the Morning106BostonMay 7, 1854 Eagle Wing105BostonApril 5, 1854 Robin Hood107New YorkMarch 25, 1859 Ocean Telegraph109New YorkMarch 13, 1860 Electric Spark106BostonApril 9, 1856 Telegraph109BostonApril 9, 1855 He also divides this great race course into five sections, in which four other Medford ships made records, Ocean Express, John Wade, Syren and Living Age. The first section was
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