Paddle Steamer Collection (page 8)

A quay, San Francisco, California, 19th century. A print from le Tour du Monde

Loading a cotton steamer, c1880. Cotton is loaded onto a paddle steamer. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York)

A cotton chute, United States, c1880. Cotton is loaded onto a paddle steamer. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris)

The Comet, c1812, (c1880). Henry Bells steam boat Comet, 40ft long (12.19m), powered by a 3hp Boulton & Watt engine, was the first successful steam boat in Europe

The queen leaving Kingstown, royal visit to Ireland, c1849, (1888). Artist: William Heysham Overend
The queen leaving Kingstown, royal visit to Ireland, c1849, (1888). Queen Victoria and her family wave goodbye in what is now known as Dun Laoghaire

The queen reviewing the fleet at Spithead, Hampshire, late 19th century, (1900). Queen Victoria at a naval review. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Volume IV

The Victoria Tower and the Houses of Parliament, London, 1900. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

The Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
The Thames Embankment and Cleopatras Needle, London, late 19th century. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard

Wool barge on the River Darling, Australia, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell

Port Adelaide, 1886. Wood engraving from Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol II, by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886)

Brisbane From Bowen Terrace, 1886. View of steamships in the harbour at Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia

The Tower of London, England, 1895. Artist: C Wilkinson
The Tower of London, England, 1895

Paddle steamer Pyroscaphe, 1783, (1900). Artist: Pierre Mejanel
Paddle steamer Pyroscaphe, 1783, (1900). Marquis de Jouffroy d Abbans (1751-1832) is claimed by the French as the first inventor of the steamboat

Portmouth Harbour, Hampshire, c1888. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, Vol II, by Robert Wilson, (c1888)

US Mail Boat, 1870. Artist: Leila Bauman
US Mail Boat, 1870. From the Washington National Gallery of Art, USA

Henry Bells steam boat Comet of 1811, (1856). The Comet, 40ft long (12.19m), powered by a 3hp Boulton & Watt engine, was the first successful steam boat in Europe

Divers salvaging guns from the seabed, c1855. The diving suits appear to be of the type designed by German-born engineer Augustus Siebe (1778-1872)

PSS Great Eastern on the ocean, 1858. Colour print after a painting by Edwin Weedon. This steamship, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott Russell

Grand saloon of the steamship Atlantic, 1850

Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, on the US mail boat Atlantic, Liverpool, August 1850. Opera singer Jenny lind, being given an enthusiastic send-off on her journey to America

The Grand Saloon on board the Great Eastern, 1859. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel with John Scott Russell, the Great Eastern was lauched in 1858

Isambard Kingdom Brunels Great Western, 1882. The Great Western was launched in 1837 for the Great Western Steamship Co as the first of three steamships designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Loss of the troopship Birkenhead, South Africa, 1852. HMS Birkenhead, an iron paddle-steamer troopship sailed from Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, for the Cape of Good Hope on 7 January 1852

Staten Island and the Narrows, New York, USA, c1834-c1876. Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer
Staten Island and the Narrows, New York, USA, c1834-1876. New York viewed from Fort Hamilton, with Fort Lafayette in the centre, framed by trees. Published by Currier and Ives, New York, USA

View of Hong Kong, 7 December 1865. Artist: Jean Henri Zuber
View of Hong Kong, 7 December 1865. View showing paddle steamer and sailing vessels in the harbour and the city nestling below mountains

Naval battle on the Mississippi, Memphis, Tennessee, American Civil War, July 1862. The destruction of the Confederate flotilla by armoured Union gunboats

Cunard Lines first transatlantic liner Britannia leaving Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1847. Artist: Smyth
Cunard Lines first transatlantic liner Britannia leaving Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 1847. The Britannia made her first transatlantic voyage in 1840, travelling from Halifax, Nova Scotia

The United States mail steam ship Atlantic entering the Mersey, 1850. Artist: Smyth
The United States mail steam ship Atlantic entering the Mersey, 1850. A print from The Illustrated London News, 25th May 1850

North American Ship, 4th month, 1862. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
North American Ship, 4th month, 1862

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