Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920

CONTENTS

Chapter I
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The Passing of the Sailing-Ship	1
Chapter II
The Era of the Steamship	15
Chapter III
The Evolution of the Marine Engine	24
Chapter IV
The Makers of our Shipping Trade	29
Chapter V
Our Merchant Ships and the War	55
Chapter VI
Shipping and the War	69
Chapter VII
The “Red Jacket,” 1857	87
Chapter VIII
The “Queen of the Avon,” 1858	94
Chapter IX
The “Great Eastern,” 1861	99
Chapter X
The Building of an East Indiaman	106
Chapter XI
Our Riddle of the Sands	113

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