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  2. Steamboat - Wikipedia

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    By 1849 the shipping industry was in transition from sail-powered boats to steam-powered boats and from wood construction to an ever-increasing metal construction. There were basically three different types of ships being used: standard sailing ships of several different types, [31] clippers, and paddle steamers with paddles mounted on the side ...

  3. Columbia (1835 steamboat) - Wikipedia

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    Columbia first ran as a coastal steam packet, with service terminating at New York City and Charleston, South Carolina.Its owner, New York and Charleston Steam Packet Company, was a partnership established in June 1834 between James P. Allaire, John Haggerty, and Charles Morgan.

  4. List of ships built at John I. Thornycroft & Company, Chiswick

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    Steam launch. Apparently a sister to Cygnet. The Royal Museums at Greenwich have the plans, but not much else is available online. [9] 1870 Cygnet #9 1.5 Small steam launch, preserved and displayed by The Tamesis Trust. [10] 1871 Miranda #10 3.7 A fast steam yacht with lines that set the precedent for torpedo boats in the following years. [11 ...

  5. Launch (boat) - Wikipedia

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    Launch is a name given to several different types of boat. The wide range of usage of the name extends from utilitarian craft through to pleasure boats built to a very high standard. In naval use, the launch was introduced as a ship's boat towards the end of the 17th century. On each warship, the launch was usually the largest boat out of those ...

  6. Steamboats of the Mississippi - Wikipedia

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    Launched in 1814 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, for the Monongahela and Ohio Steam Boat Company, she was a dramatic departure from Fulton's boats. [1] The Enterprise - featuring a high-pressure steam engine, a single stern paddle wheel, and shoal draft - proved to be better suited for use on the Mississippi compared to Fulton's boats.

  7. Naphtha launch - Wikipedia

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    An Escher Wyss launch of 1888 Alfred Nobel's aluminium-hulled sloop Mignon. A naphtha launch, sometimes called a "vapor launch", was a small motor launch, powered by a naphtha engine. They were a particularly American design, brought into being by a local law that made it impractical to use a steam launch for private use.

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