Part 2 — INDEX.
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Aaron Manby (1822), first iron steamboat, 39
Abbé Arnal and Marquis de Jouffroy (1781), 8
Accommodation, first Canadian steamboat, 9
Achilles (Holt Line), Remarkable steaming powers of, 136
Adelaide Steamship Co., Limited, 315
Adriatic (Collins Line), 114
African Steamship Co., 167
Alaska (Guion Line), 111
Alaska (ex Farralones, ex Massachusetts), 92
Albion (1816), Clyde Steampacket, 29
Allan, James (Messrs. Wilcox & Anderson), 49
Allan Line, 147
America (National Line), 109
Ancient Briton (1816), 24
Arctic (Collins Line), 95
Arctic (Collins Line), Loss of, 101
Argyle (1813), re-named Thames, 12
Arizona (Guion Line), 112
Asia (Cunard Line), 98
Atalanta (1836), 49
Atlantic (Collins Line), 95, 96
Bacon (John), Limited, 315
Baltic (Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co.), 55
Baltic (Collins Line), 95
Belfast, First steamer to and from Greenock and, 26
Belfast, First steamer to and from Liverpool and, 33
Belfast Steampacket Co., established, 40
Bell, Henry, present at Mr. Miller’s experiments in 1789, 6
—— gives Fulton the plans of the Charlotte Dundas, 1803, 6
—— employs the steamer Comet on the Clyde, 1812, 11
—— Clyde Trustees grant Annuity to, 12
—— —— Erect Obelisk in memory of, 12
Berenice (1836), 49
Bibby Bros. & Co., founded 1807, 56
Bibby Line, 203
Birmingham (City of Dublin Co.) brings news of defeat of Don Miguel, 64
Bourne, Messrs., establish steamship service to the Peninsula, 49
Britannia, pioneer Cunard Liner, 92
Britannia (1815), Clyde Steampacket, 27
Britannia (1815), Season tickets issued for, 29
British and African Steam Navigation Co., Limited, 170
British and Irish Steampacket Co., Limited, 195
British India Steam Navigation Co., 55
British Queen Steam Navigation Co., 70
British Queen (steamship), 71
Burmah (British India Co.), 56
Burns, G. and J., commence business as steamship owners, 42
—— first steamer Ayr, 1825, 43
—— despatch steamer Fingal, Glasgow to Belfast, 1826, 43
—— enter the Liverpool and Glasgow trade, 1829, 43
—— sell their West Highland steamers, 1851, 43
—— joint founders of the Cunard Line, 1840, 78
Burton, R. and Sons, Limited, 316
Bussorah (British India Co.), 56
Calcutta, Loss of, 55
Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co., 55
Caledonia, Clyde Steampacket, 27
Caledonia, Clyde Steampacket (Quotation from “Life of Watt”), 29
Caledonian Railway Co., 154
Canadian Pacific Railway Co., 150
Cape of Good Hope, Loss of, 55
Car of Commerce (1813), 10
Cattle ventilators on steamers suggested, 1820, 35
Charlotte Dundas (1803), 5
City of Cork, first Irish steamboat, 13
City of Dublin (1823), pioneer steamer of the City of Dublin Co., 40
City of Dublin Steampacket Co., established 1823, 40
—— establish regular steampacket service between England, Ireland and France, 1827, 44
—— History of, 179
City of Glasgow (Inman Line), 106
Clermont, first passenger steamer in the world, 7
—— Eye witness’s account of first passage of, 7
—— Wilful attempts to destroy, 8
Collins Line, 94
Colombo (P. & O. Liner), 53
Comet, first European passenger steamer, 11
—— Advertised by Henry Bell, 12
—— Dimensions of, 12
—— Amusing anecdote relating to, 12
Conde de Patmella, probably the first steamer to cross the Atlantic from Europe, 35
Cork Steamship Co., Limited, 207
Cunard, Samuel, crosses the Atlantic in the Liverpool, 78
—— tenders for British and North American Mail Service, 78
—— conjointly with Messrs. Burns & MacIver, founds the Cunard Line, 78
Cunard Line founded in 1840, 78
—— obtains Mail Contract, Halifax, New York and Bermuda, 94
—— History of, 221
Defiance (1815), Thames Steampacket, 13, 23
De Garay (1543), Alleged invention by, 2
Dodd, Captain, 17
Dominion Line, 150
Dublin and Liverpool Steam Navigation Co., established 1824, 40
—— purchased by City of Dublin Co., 41
Dumbarton Castle, Clyde Steampacket, 27
—— sails round Ailsa Craig, 1816, 30
—— sails round North of Scotland, 1819, 30
Eastern Steam Navigation Co., 119
Elder, Dempster & Co., 90, 151, 161
Emerald (Turbine S.Y.), 158
Enterprise, first steamer from England to Calcutta, 43, 47, 48
Erin (1826), 44
Etna, first steam ferry boat between Liverpool and Tranmere, 24
Farralones, ex Massachusetts, re-named Alaska, 92
Fenella (Ardrossan and Fleetwood Steamer), 116
Ferret, Remarkable history of steamer, 137
Fitch, Mr. (1783), uses steam boilers on American Rivers, 4
Fletcher, Woodhill & Co., 316
Flinn, Main and Montgomery, 150
Franco-Algerian Expedition, Steamers chartered for, 63
George Canning (1825), and the Rival Steampacket, 42
Glasgow Steampackets in 1815, 27
—— in 1818, 31
Glasgow Steampacket passenger fares, 1818, 31
Glasgow and South Western Railway Co., 154
Golden Age (steamship), 131
Great Britain (steamship), in the Atlantic trade, 81
—— in the Australian trade, 129
Great Central Railway Co., 155
Great Eastern Steam Navigation Co., 119
Great Eastern (steamship), 119
Great Eastern Railway Co., 156
Great Liverpool, ex Liverpool, 51
Great Western Steamship Co., 71
Great Western (steamship), 71
Great Western Railway Co., 153
Guion Line, 110
Harrison, T. and J., 316
Hero (steam yacht), 39
Hibernia (1816), first steamer between England (Holyhead) and Ireland (Howth), 26
Himalaya (P. & O. Liner), 53
Hindostan (P. & O. Liner), 52
Holt Line, 134
Houlder Line, 244
Houston Line, 237
Hugh Lindsay (East India Co.’s steamer), 48
Hulls, Jonathan (1736), first patentee of a steamboat, 2
Hutcheson, David, & Co., 43
Imperial Direct West India Service, Limited, 90
—— History of, 175
India, first steamer with Indian produce via Suez Canal, 56
Industry (1813), Clyde Steampacket, 12, 16
Inman Line, 106
Inman, William, 107
Irish steamers, 13
Johnston, Lieut. (1822), 45
Kennaugh, W. S. and Co., 317
King Edward (Turbine Steamer), 157
Laird, Alex. A., 37
Laird Line, 29, 37, 251
Lamport and Holt, 317
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Co., 153
Langlands Line, 261
Lardner, Dr., on steam communication with America, 68
Leeds, pioneer steamer between Belfast, Dublin and Bordeaux, 44
Leviathan (see Great Eastern), —
Lightning (one of the first steamships in the British Navy), 40
Lindsay, W. S., author and shipowner, 134
Little, James, & Co., 268
Liverpool (see also Great Liverpool), 76
Liverpool (first steamer ever seen on the Mersey), 15
Liverpool steamers highly commended in Parliamentary Report, 1822, 39
Liverpool and Kingstown Mail Service established, 44
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Co., 152
London and North Western Railway Co., 153
London and South Western Railway Co., 153
Lord Blaney, Mutiny on board, Loss of, 64
MacBrayne, Mr. David, partner in David Hutcheson & Co., 43
MacBrayne’s West Highland Steamers, 275
MacIver, David, & Co., 282
MacIver’s Liverpool and Glasgow Steamers, 287
McKean, McLarty and Lamont, 147
McKinnon, Frew & Co., 55
Majestic (1816), Thames Steampacket, 23
Malcomson Bros., 113
Margaret (first screw steamer belonging to Hull), Loss of, 65
Marjory (1815), Thames Steampacket, 13
Massachusetts (Auxiliary steamer), 91
Miller, Patrick (Banker), 1780 to 1788, 4
—— builds a triple vessel propelled by manual labour, 4
—— launches (1788) a twin steamboat on Dalswinton Loch, 5
—— places (1789) a larger steamboat on the Forth and Clyde Canal, 5
Miller dies (1815) having exhausted his fortune by experiments, 6
Mooltan (P. & O. Liner), 54
Morning Star (1819), Extraordinary accident to, 34
Napier, David, 25
—— establishes steampacket service between Greenock and Belfast, 26
National Line, 108
Nelson, H. and W., Limited, 318
Neptune (steamship), 117
Newcomen, Thomas (1705), 2
North British Railway Co., 155
Norwegian Grace Darling, A, 117
Oregon (Guion Line), 112
Oriental (P. & O. Liner), 51
Orion, Loss of steamer, 115
Pacific (Collins Line), Loss of, 100
Pacific, first Mail Steamer between Liverpool and Valparaiso, 60
Pacific Steam Navigation Co., 58
Papin (1681), 2
Parana (Malcomson Bros. Line), 113
Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., established 1834, 49
—— title changed to P. & O. Steam Navigation Co., 1838, 51
—— history of Company, 49
Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. (see Peninsular Steam Navigation Co.), 49
Peru, pioneer steamer of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co., 59
President, Loss of Steamship, 76
Portugal, Civil war in, 63
Quebec (early Canadian steamboat), 10
Queen (Turbine steamer), 158
Queen Alexandra (Turbine steamer), 158
Rea, R. and J. H., 319
Regent (1816), Description of, 23
—— destroyed by fire, 24
Regulator (1818), early Liverpool and Tranmere Ferry steamer, 25
Robert Bruce (1819), first Liverpool and Glasgow steamer, 34
Robert Lowe (Auxiliary screw steamer), 134
Rob Roy, first steamer between Greenock and Belfast, 26
Rothesay Castle (1816), Clyde Steampacket, 30
Royal Atlantic Steam Navigation Co. (Galway Line), 112
Royal Charter (Auxiliary Steamship), 132
Royal Ferdinand (1817), first steamer built in Spain, 25
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 84
Royal Tar, pioneer steamer of the Peninsular Steam Navigation Co., 49
Royal William (City of Dublin Co.), first Liverpool and New York Liner, 73
Royal William (of Quebec), first vessel to cross the Atlantic by steam power only, 70
Savannah (Auxiliary steamship), 32
Savory, Thomas, 2
Scotland, first foreign vessel to load at Shanghai, 134
Season Contract Tickets (1816), issued per steamers, 29
Sellers, John S., 320
Sirius, first passenger steamer from Europe to America, 71
Siberian Steamers, The first two, 25
Sligo Steam Navigation Co., 290
Snake (1820), first Indian steamer, 35
Sophia Jane, first steamer from England to Australia, 129
South Eastern and Chatham Railway Co., 152
St. George (Steampacket), 37
St. George Steam Packet Co., established, 37
St. George Steam Packet Co., re-constructed 1844, 39
St. Patrick (Steampacket), 37
Suez Canal opened by Empress Eugenie, 1869, 54
Swift (1825), Extraordinary advertisement by owners of, 41
Swiftsure (1813), Canadian Steampacket, 10
Symington, William, 5
Taylor (1780 to 1788) suggests steam power to Mr. Miller, 4
Telica, first steamer on the Pacific, 58
Thames, ex Argyle (1813), 12
—— London “Times,” Notice of, 13
—— Description of, 16
—— narrative of voyage from Glasgow to London, 17
Tod and MacGregor (shipbuilders), 106
Tourist (1821), 35
Trent r.m.s., Arrest of confederate Commissioner on board of, 90
Triton (1820), Havre and Rouen Steamer, 35
Turbinia, first Turbine Steamer, 157
Tyrer, Henry and Co, 320
Valentia Transatlantic Steam Navigation Co., 67
Vesta collides with Collins Liner Arctic, 101
Victorian, first Transatlantic Turbine Steamship, 149
Waghorn, Lieut., 48
Waterford Steamship Co., Limited, 293
Waterloo (1819), first Liverpool Cross-Channel Steamer, 33
Wesewelodsky, Mr. (1817) builds two steamers in Siberia, 25
White Star Line, 300
Wilcox and Anderson, 49
Wm. Fawcett (1829), Steampacket, 50
Wm. Wheelwright, promoter of steam navigation in the Pacific, 58
Yorkshireman (1823), first steamer from Hull to the Continent, 39
C. TINLING AND CO., PRINTERS, VICTORIA STREET, LIVERPOOL.