Author: PEARSON, F.H.
Title: The Early History of Hull Steam Shipping. With an introduction by A.G. Credland. [with] Continuation of Report of the Progress of Steam Navigation in Hull, by James Oldham.
Description: Mr.Pye (Books), 1984. 8vo. pp. [4], 100> 8 folding tables, [5]. Fine in dust wrapper. A facsimile reprint of this major contribution to the story of steam shipping in Britain. The largely unknown efforts of Fourness and Ashton who experimented with a craft between Hull and Beverley in 1787 - 8 gives the Humber a significant place among the pioneers of steam afloat and this book covers from these earliest trials up to 1850. Appended is a brief article on the next two decades including the installation of a steam engine into the Diana, the world's first steam powered whaleship.

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