The Cunard Company's New Twin Screw Steamship Campania We may correctly speak of the present as the twin screw era in the history of Atlantic navigation. It was inaugurated in 1888-89, when the four notable steamships, City of New York, City of Paris, Majestic, and Teutonic, were brought...
No American steamship company survived longer than 12 years in this environment, but Standard Oil, which was sheltered from the worst of the violence, was able to operate its ships throughout the entire period. More than a naval/military, or even economic history, this book is also intended...
Hundreds Died When This Steamship Sank in the Pacific Northwest in 1875 With Gold Worth Millions On Board A century and a half later, the sinking of the S.S. Pacific remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the region’s history Joel Sams January 30, 2025 6:30 a.m. When a...
In March 1902, the Cunard Company heard firm news that an American steamship combination backed by J.P.Morgan Co. as bankers had absorbed the other two leading British lines on the North Atlantic, had secured the allegiance of the German... V Vale - 《Journal of Transport History》 被引量...
Her family moved to Davenport, IA, but she stowed away on a steamship to St. Louis, where married & had a son. Both husband & son soon died, so in 1875 Kate moved to Wichita, KS to work in a sporting house where she met Wyatt Earp. At the time she was going by the name Kate...
Rand Logistics has entered an agreement withGATXCorporation to buy American Steamship Company (ASC) for an undisclosed amount. A member of American Industrial Partners, Rand offers dry bulk shipping services in the Great Lakes region. With the largest fleet of vessels in the Great Lakes, ASC tra...
American Steamship Owners Marine Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd. – or the American Club (Europe) – is a wholly owned, Solvency-II accredited subsidiary of the Club, based in Cyprus. Since it began operating in mid-2016 as American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company Limited, it has enjoyed an ...
1917 Brochure covers History, Fleet, Accommodations (First, Second and Third Class), Connections at Ports, Information on Scandinavia and Offices and Agencies. Numerous interior photographs make this brochure exceptional.
They found no great place in naval history, but England knew their prowess and respected it. Every schoolboy is familiar with the duels of the Wasp and the Frolic, of the Enterprise and the Boxer; but how many people know what happened when the privateer Decatur met and whipped the ...
By the 1840s and 1850s, as packet steamship lines began serving the coastal cities on regular schedules, some men found regular employment on the packets. A number found positions as stewards, cooks, and barbers as well as deck hands.40 A second pattern characterized the men who grew up ...