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Old Yahoo Group => Yahoo Messages => Topic started by: Alistair Deayton on June 21, 2005, 04:57:38 AM

Title: Bessemer
Post by: Alistair Deayton on June 21, 2005, 04:57:38 AM

Just thinking, BESSEMER was a remarkable design, with two sets of paddles
fore and aft, two hulls and a swinging saloon in between. She hit the pier
at both Calais and Dover on her maiden voyage and saw little service.
She was built in Hull by Earles.

Alistair

Title: Bessemer
Post by: Robert Grauman on June 21, 2005, 04:58:08 AM

The autobiography of Sir Henry Bessemer is available online at:
< http://www.history.rochester.edu/ehp-book/shb/start.htm >
Chapter 20 is devoted to the paddle steamer "BESSEMER".

Robert Grauman