Steamboat Collection (page 2)

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

Crowd in harbor waiting for steamship

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

SS America
1926: The SS America on fire while being refitted at New York harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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

Steamer Sinks
1920: The sunken Belgian steamship Ville de Liege, stranded on rocks at the entrance to Dover Harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

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

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

Lusitania
circa 1914: The British steamship, Lusitania sunk by a German submarine on the 7th May 1915 with the loss of 1198 lives. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

SS United States
1952: Cheering crowds lining the quayside as the record breaking liner, SS United States arrives in Southampton. She crossed the Atlantic in record time on her maiden voyage. (Photo by M)

Canadian Liner
31st October 1928: Canadian Pacific Atlantic liner, Empress of France leaves Southampton for Hong Kong to replace the Empress of Canada which is returning to Clydeside for refitting

Maiden Voyage
1st June 1928: Canadian Pacific Railways liner, Duchess of Bedford by Liverpool landing stage at the start of her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. (Photo by Edward G)

USS Roosevelt
January 1923: The USS President Roosevelt at Southampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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