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The steamboat Ticonderoga is one of two remaining side-paddle-wheel passenger steamers with a vertical beam engine of the type that provided freight and passenger service on America's bays, lakes and rivers from the early 19th to the mid-20th centuries. Commissioned by the Champlain Transportation Company, Ticonderoga was built in 1906 at the ...
SS Pacific was a wooden- hulled, sidewheel steamer built in 1849 for transatlantic service with the American Collins Line. Designed to outclass their chief rivals from the British-owned Cunard Line, Pacific and her three sister ships ( Atlantic, Arctic and Baltic) were the largest, fastest and most well-appointed transatlantic steamers of their ...
Olympian was 261 ft (80 m) long between perpendiculars, and 270 ft (82 m) long overall. The beam was 40 ft (12 m) exclusive of guards. The depth of hold was 12.5 ft (3.8 m). Olympian drew 8.2 ft (2.5 m) of water when light. The steamboat measured out at 1419.60 gross tons and 1,083.20 registered tons.
July 24, 2024 at 4:04 AM. Dramatic video shows whale capsizing boat off New Hampshire. Two boaters escaped with their lives off New Hampshire after a whale breached and capsized their vessel in a ...
Purchased by Pacific Mail Steamship Company in 1860 and sailed the San Francisco – Panama City route between June 1, 1861 and April 1864. Sold to the California Steam Navigation Company in April 1865 and used on their San Francisco – Portland – Victoria service until 1867 when she was sold to Holladay & Brenham.
July 17, 2024 at 2:25 PM. A 16-year-old girl was rescued from a hole in the sand that partially collapsed in San Diego on July 16, authorities said. Lifeguards responded to reports that the girl ...
Delightfully enough, MLB’s newest All-Star event, officially dubbed the MLB Futures Skills Showcase, is largely inspired by that decades-old blast of nostalgia, according to an MLB employee who ...
History. It has been claimed to be the first mainstream brand of blender, [ 1] though technically the Waring blender brand was introduced in 1937. In 1946, Oster acquired the Stevens Electric Company, which had received a patent on the liquifying blender in 1922. Oster itself was bought by Sunbeam Corporation in 1960.