The First Atlantic Liner
Title | The First Atlantic Liner PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Doe |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 281 |
Release | 2017-07-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445667215 |
The first ever history of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s forgotten first ship, the SS Great Western, the fastest and largest Atlantic Steamship of its day.
The steamship GREAT WESTERN
Title | The steamship GREAT WESTERN PDF eBook |
Author | Grahame Farr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Transatlantic
Title | Transatlantic PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Fox |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 2004-06-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 006095549X |
During the nineteenth century, the roughest but most important ocean passage in the world lay between Britain and the United States. Bridging the Atlantic Ocean by steamship was a defining, remarkable feat of the era. Over time, Atlantic steamships became the largest, most complex machines yet devised. They created a new transatlantic world of commerce and travel, reconciling former Anglo-American enemies and bringing millions of emigrants who transformed the United States. In Transatlantic, the experience of crossing the Atlantic is re-created in stunning detail from the varied perspectives of first class, steerage, officers, and crew. The dynamic evolution of the Atlantic steamer is traced from Brunel's Great Western of 1838 to Cunard's Mauretania of 1907, the greatest steamship ever built.
SS Great Britain
Title | SS Great Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Doe |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2019-07-15 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 1445684527 |
The story of Brunel's most famous ship and the people who knew her, using new archive sources
The Steamship Great Western
Title | The Steamship Great Western PDF eBook |
Author | Grahame Farr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Steam Ship Great Western
Title | Steam Ship Great Western PDF eBook |
Author | Great Western Steam Ship Company |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1838 |
Genre | Steamboats |
ISBN |
Brunel's Ships
Title | Brunel's Ships PDF eBook |
Author | Denis Griffiths |
Publisher | Chatham Publishing |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Isambard Kingdom Brunel created a number of quite revolutionary steamships - the Great Western which was the first practical transatlantic paddle-steamer; the Great Britain, the first iron-built screw-driven liner; and the monster Great Eastern which remained the largest ship in the world for almost half a century. Besides these well-known wonders of the maritime world, Brunel also worked with the Admiralty on the introduction of the screw propeller into naval service.