LEADER 02765nam 2200481Ia 450 001 9910824404503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-84150-863-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001409222 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC283011 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL283011 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10019963 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL47715 035 $a(OCoLC)935262881 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001409222 100 $a20500101e20021973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Story of the paddle steamer /$fBernard Dumpleton 205 $a1st ed. 210 $a[Melksham] $cVenton$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 300 $aOriginally published : Melksham : Venton, 1973. 311 $a1-84150-801-2 320 $aIncludes bibliography (p. 199) and index. 327 $aFront Cover -- Preliminaries -- List of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Pioneers -- Chapter 2: Ocean Paddle Steamers -- Chapter 3: The 'Great Western' -- Chapter 4: Paddle Steamers of the Thames and Medway -- Chapter 5: The 'Navvies' -- Chapter 6: The Big Sinking -- Chapter 7: Freaks and Failures -- Chapter 8: The Great Leviathan -- Chapter 9: The Power and the Glory -- Chapter 10: The Bonny Boats of Clyde -- Chapter 11: Paddle Steamers or the North-West Coast -- Chapter 12: West Country Paddle Steamers -- Chapter 13: South Coast Paddle Steamers -- Chapter 14: Tugs and Tugmen -- Chapter 15: Riverboats of America and Australia -- Chapter 16: Under the White Ensign -- Chapter 17: The Twilight Years -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Index of Paddle Steamers -- General Index -- Back Cover. 330 $aThe paddle steamer holds a unique place in the history of maritime engineering. When the engineers of the early nineteenth century experimented with steamboats they chose the paddle wheel as the form of propulsion. Within twenty years the paddle steamers were at work on inland waters and short sea passages. They were graceful, elegant ships, but in the jet age too slow and uneconomical. In the 1950s they went to the breaker's yards in droves, and now there are only a few left. This book tells they story of the paddle steamers, and of the men who built, owned and sailed them. 606 $aPaddle steamers$xHistory 606 $aSteamboats$xHistory 615 0$aPaddle steamers$xHistory. 615 0$aSteamboats$xHistory. 676 $a386 700 $aDumpleton$b Bernard$01705523 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824404503321 996 $aThe Story of the paddle steamer$94122410 997 $aUNINA