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Steamboat Collection

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Great Eastern

SS Great Eastern
Isambard Kingdom Brunels steamship the Great Eastern was launched on 31st January 1858 and broken up in 1888. (Photo by James Valentine/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: General Sherman

General Sherman
circa 1865: No.1, the Union Pacific Railways first locomotive, otherwise known as the General Sherman, brought to Omaha by steamboat from St Louis on 8th June 1865

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Naval Battle on the Mississippi, 1861 Civil War Engraving

Naval Battle on the Mississippi, 1861 Civil War Engraving
Engraving of the great Naval battle on the Mississippi, passage of the Second Division of the Federal Squadron past St

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Arandora Star

SS Arandora Star
11th July 1931: Blue Star liner Arandora Star at Immingham docks, Lincolnshire. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Atlantic Cable Laying

Atlantic Cable Laying
Illustration of workers on board the Great Eastern passing out cable for the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in July 1866. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: A Good Pull

A Good Pull
25th May 1929: Cunard liner the SS Berengaria with tugs in attendance. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Here Comes Haig

Here Comes Haig
January 1919: The Jan Beydell in dazzle camouflage bringing Sir Douglas Haig in to port and to the reception committee awaiting him on the quayside. (Photo by A. R)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Berengaria

SS Berengaria
4th May 1933: The giant Cunard liner Berengaria entering Southampton harbour assisted by tugs. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Victorian London - Westminster Stairs

Victorian London - Westminster Stairs
Vintage engraving showing a scene from 19th Century London England. Showing the Westminster stairs with steamers leaving

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it

Coming To America; Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it
Immigrants pack the upper deck of the liner SS Patricia as it travels from Hamburg to New York, December 10, 1906. The Patricia was built by A.G

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Waiting For A Ship

Waiting For A Ship
Christina Zandvliet and her family emigrated to Australia but after falling ill she returned to Holland. Her children missed her so much they stowed aboard a ship to see her again

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Great Western at New York

SS Great Western at New York
Vintage engraving showing the arrival of the SS Great Western at New York

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Chicago before the Great City Fire in 1871, published 1872

Chicago before the Great City Fire in 1871, published 1872
Birds eye view of Chicago before the Great City Fire in 1871

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Ormonde

SS Ormonde
circa 1925: The 14, 982- ton Orient Line steamer SS Ormonde, which was requisitioned for war service in 1918 but then reverted to acting as a passenger ship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Aquitania

SS Aquitania
December 1935: The Cunard luxury liner Aquitania at Southampton in Hampshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: The Lusitania

The Lusitania
circa 1914: The Cunard Liner The Lusitania. Torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland The Lusitania sank with a large loss of life. Amongst the casualties were many American citizens

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Ascania

SS Ascania
4th May 1925: Cunard liner 14, 000 ton Ascania tied up at Southampton, she will service the Southampton to Montreal run. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), lithograph, published in 1882

Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula), lithograph, published in 1882
Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula). Lithograph, published in 1882

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Arrival of the Edward Everett ship at Sacramento

Arrival of the Edward Everett ship at Sacramento - Scanned 1891 Engraving

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Mississippi steamboats alongside the Levee, New Orleans

Mississippi steamboats alongside the Levee, New Orleans
Vintage engraving of Mississippi steamboats alongside the Levee, New Orleans, 19th Century

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Levee on the Lower Mississippi, 19th Century

Levee on the Lower Mississippi, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of a Levee on the Lower Mississippi, 19th Century

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Central Pacific Wharf, San Francisco, 19th Century

Central Pacific Wharf, San Francisco, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Central Pacific Wharf, San Francisco, 19th Century

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Bridge over Missouri river

Bridge over Missouri river
Antique illustration of Bridge over Missouri river

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Cargo Steamship

Cargo Steamship
Antique illustration of a Cargo Steamship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Modern chestnut tower ship

Modern chestnut tower ship
Illustration of Modern chestnut tower ship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Protected (Panzerdeck) cruiser 1888

Protected (Panzerdeck) cruiser 1888
Illustration of Protected (Panzerdeck) cruiser 1888

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Old battery ship

Old battery ship
Illustration of Old battery ship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Modern battleship mixed system

Modern battleship mixed system
Illustration of Modern battleship mixed system

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Fast steamer

Fast steamer
Illustration of Fast steamer

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Casemata ship with entrances

Casemata ship with entrances
Illustration of Casemata ship with entrances

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Modern protected cruiser

Modern protected cruiser
Illustration of Modern protected cruiser

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Modern armored cruiser

Modern armored cruiser
Illustration of Modern armored cruiser

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Protected Cruiser with Barbet Tower

Protected Cruiser with Barbet Tower
Illustration of Protected Cruiser with Barbet Tower

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Older Casematt ship

Older Casematt ship
Illustration of Older Casematt ship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Command Aviso

Command Aviso
Illustration of command Aviso

Background imageSteamboat Collection: British Emigrants Eating On Board Ship

British Emigrants Eating On Board Ship
Illustration depicting British emigrants gathered between decks to eat a meal, from the Illustrated London News, November 30, 1870. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: City Of Cincinnati

City Of Cincinnati
Illustration of a woman and girl on a hillside near the Ohio River, Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1872. Several steamboats with smoke emanation from their smokestacks travel along the river

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Illustration Of Cincinnati, Ohio

Illustration Of Cincinnati, Ohio
Aerial view of the city of Cincinnati and steamboats on the Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH, 1860s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: View Of The City Of Cincinnati

View Of The City Of Cincinnati
Illustration of sailboats and steamboats on the Ohio River flowing through the city of Cincinnati, OH, 1850s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Illustrations Of British Emigrants to Canada

Illustrations Of British Emigrants to Canada
Composite illustration of Britsh emigrants en route from Liverpool, England to Canada, published in the Illustrated London News, November 15, 1884. (Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: The Cincinnati Bridge

The Cincinnati Bridge
Illustration of steamboats on traveling under the Cincinnati Bridge on the Ohio River with the citiy in the background, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Birds Eye View Of Cincinnati

Birds Eye View Of Cincinnati
Illustration of people with horses on a hillside enjoying an aerial view of the city of Cincinnati with steamboats traveling on the Ohio River, Cincinnati, OH, 1850s

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Atlantic Cable Break

Atlantic Cable Break
Illustration of workers searching for a fault after recovery of the telegraph cable from the bed of the Atlantic ocean in August 1858. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Great Eastern At Sea

Great Eastern At Sea
Illustration of the Great Eastern with her escort ships during the laying of the Trans-Atlantic telegraph cable in July 1865. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Unloading Cotton At Night

Unloading Cotton At Night
Illustration of unloading a cargo of cotton from a steam boat on the Mississippi River by moonlight circa 1870. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Forth Railway Bridge

Forth Railway Bridge
circa 1925: A steamer on the River Forth near the Forth Bridge. The Forth Bridge spans the Firth of Forth at Queensferry in Lothian and is over a mile long

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Cargo Ship

Cargo Ship
11th February 1955: Super-streamlined Russian merchant ship Taganrog (2, 792 tons) in the Surrey docks where she is discharging a cargo of crab and salmon. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Steamboat

Steamboat
A steamboat on the Mississippi River at night. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Constantinople

Constantinople
circa 1930: Looking towards Stamboul along Galata Bridge the main thoroughfare in Constantinople (Istanbul). Trams run along the centre of the bridge and ships are moored alongside

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Down The Watter

Down The Watter
1885: Moored at Broomielaw, Glasgow in the foreground the steamer Chancellor (1880) behind which is Buchanans Vivid and then Eagle both dating from 1864

Background imageSteamboat Collection: To Khartoum

To Khartoum
circa 1885: British troops embarking for Khartoum during Sudanese revolt against Anglo-Egyptian rule. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Olympic

Olympic
1913: White Star triple-screw steamer Olympic, the largest vessel in the world in 1913. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Berengaria

Berengaria
circa 1930: The great Cunard liner Berengaria; formerly the German vessel Imperator, she was seized by the US Navy after the war, sold to Cunard and renamed

Background imageSteamboat Collection: The Bremen

The Bremen
circa 1929: A German liner, the Bremen. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Road And Sea

Road And Sea
circa 1936: The Santa Clara a ferry belonging to the Southern Pacific line sails under the first structures of the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Gate with views of the Bosphorus from Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Gate with views of the Bosphorus from Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Background imageSteamboat Collection: St Elvies

St Elvies
circa 1910: A ship arriving at the landing stage at Pier Head, St Elvies, in Liverpool. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Crowd in harbor waiting for steamship

Crowd in harbor waiting for steamship

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Immigrants View The Statue Of Liberty

Immigrants View The Statue Of Liberty
Illustration of a group of immigrants on the steerage deck of a steamship viewing the Statue of Liberty as they arrive in New York Harbor, circa 1887. (FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Reception Committee

Reception Committee
25th April 1908: Reception committee on the quayside, waiting for President Armand Fallieres to arrive at Boulogne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Springbok Boat Trip

Springbok Boat Trip
19th July 1917: South African soldiers on board a boat on a river. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Troopship Docks

Troopship Docks
22nd October 1918: A camouflaged ship carrying American troops docks at Liverpool. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Firefloat

Firefloat
10th March 1911: The steam boat Alpha, a London County Council firefloat, sails down the River Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Deck Of Endurance

Deck Of Endurance
July 1914: Looking aft, the main deck of SS Endurance during preparations for Ernest Shackletons Antarctic expedition at Millwall Docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Cowes

Cowes
August 1912: Visitors arriving by steamboats on the Isle of Wight during the Cowes Regatta Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Sheringham

SS Sheringham
1926: The launching of SS Sheringham at Hull Docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Lining The Decks

Lining The Decks
circa 1907: People lining the decks of the Torrington, at Cardiff docks, when they were officially opened by the King and Queen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Troopship

Troopship
January 1922: A troopship leaves an Irish port with British garrison soldiers, after the partition of Ireland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Safely Dry

Safely Dry
October 1922: The yacht Ara in dry dock. The yacht, owned by millionaire William K. Vanderbilt, is currently overdue in New York harbour by four days

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Albatross

SS Albatross
July 1923: The General Steam Companys Ss Albatross, at dock in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Empress Sails

Empress Sails
23rd November 1932: The CPR liner Empress of Britain leaving Southampton docks for a tour of Africa, India, China, Japan and Australia, (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Train Transporter

Train Transporter
11th April 1933: SS Beaverdale loaded with coaches of the Royal Scot which are being taken to the USA. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Ready For Passengers

Ready For Passengers
20th May 1931: Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of Britain, at the quay side, Southampton. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: P & O Liner

P & O Liner
13th January 1932: Bows of the P&O liner Strathnaver. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Aquitania

SS Aquitania
May 1922: SS Aquitania at Southampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: SS Beaverford

SS Beaverford
29th May 1929: Canadian merchant ship the SS Beaverford tied up in Surrey Common Docks, London. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Safely Dry

Safely Dry
October 1922: The yacht Ara in dry dock. The yacht, owned by millionaire William K. Vanderbilt, is currently overdue in New York harbour by four days

Background imageSteamboat Collection: To War

To War
December 1914: Australians soldiers embarking at Melbourne to fight in WW I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: US Troops Arrive

US Troops Arrive
22nd October 1918: American troops walking down the gangways from their ship bringing them to Liverpool. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Peace Ship

Peace Ship
January 1916: The peace ship Oscar II chartered by Henry Ford, from which he tried to negotiate peace in Europe. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Dock Opening

Dock Opening
1927: The SS Galantez at the opening of the Gladstone Docks at Liverpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Liner On Trial

Liner On Trial
16th September 1935: The P&O liner SS Strathmore, anchored off Gourock, after she had completed her speed trials and attained 22 knots

Background imageSteamboat Collection: Aboard Lusitania

Aboard Lusitania
December 1911: Passengers on board British Cunard liner Lusitania. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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