[PDF] S S Savannah The Elegant Steam Ship eBook

Author : Frank O. Braynard
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2008-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0820332151

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This is the story of a ship and her pioneer master, Moses Rogers, who had the idea of making the first transatlantic voyage in a steam-propelled vessel. His "laudable and meritorious experiment" marked one of the world's maritime epochs. The conception and building of the S. S. Savannah was guided by the engineering genius of Captain Rogers who, with Robert Fulton, was a leading exponent of steam in his day. The momentous voyage began in Savannah, Georgia, in 1819, and took the courageous crew to England, Sweden, and Russia. These were the elegant steam ship's times of triumph. Yet she also had moments of pathos, from the first doubts and fears of a public that dubbed her a "steam coffin" to that sad day when a Washington newspaper said her engine could be removed for only $200, leaving her "just as good" as any other ship. The previously untold story of the first steam-powered vessel to cross the Atlantic is written in a scholarly, well-documented fashion, yet with the color, imagination, and humor of the men who lived it.

Author : Ernest Elias Rogers
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Ocean travel
ISBN :

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Materials relating to the steamship Savannah, the first steam powered vessel to cross the Atlantic in 1819. Includes letter from Thomas Gamble, historian and mayor of Savannah, Ga., written from Savannah (1919 Apr. 2), with newspaper clipping (1919 Mar. 31) from Savannah Morning News, to Ernest E. Rogers, New London, Conn., concerning the part Moses Rogers, New London, played in the plan for the crossing of the Atlantic by steamboat; and notes by E.E. Rogers concerning the trip of the Savannah and its captain Moses Rogers.

Author : Thomas Graham Baron Lynedoch
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 1816
Category : Logbooks
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Includes letters to Ernest E. Rogers (1916-1919), from the office of the mayor of Savannah, Ga., regarding the centenary of the sailing of the Savannah (the celebration being 21 Apr. 1919); a copy of an Act to Incorporate "The Savannah Steam Ship Co." (Georgia); a copy of Capt. Moses Rogers' address (1816); a banquet menu; musical program; newspaper clippings from the Savannah Morning News; newspaper photographs of the Savannah; her logbook and a coffee urn given to Capt. Moses Rogers by Lord Lynedock.

Author : United States Senate
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780282770471

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Excerpt from Steamship City of Savannah: Discussion in the United States Senate on the Subject of the Historic Old Steamship City of Savannah as the First Steamship Which Crossed the Atlantic Ocean That is my first recollection o the first steamship that crossed the Atlantic. Mr. Bacon. If the Senator from Utah will pardon me just a moment, I want to say that in most matters I yield to my learned friend from Mississippi in the accuracy of his recollection and in the width of his research, but I certainly will stake what little reputation have u on the accuracy of the statement that the City of Savannah was the rst steamship that ever crossed the Atlantic or any other ocean, and that can be roven by the records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Chapelle Howard Irving
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2016-06-23
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ISBN : 9781318954964

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