Steamboat Collection (page 3)

Longitudinal section of the steamboat 'Charlotte Dundas' built by William Symington, 1850
3359148 Longitudinal section of the steamboat 'Charlotte Dundas' built by William Symington, 1850; (add.info.: Longitudinal section of the steamboat 'Charlotte Dundas' built by)

Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont', 1850
3359146 Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont', 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Robert Fulton's paddle steamer 'Clermont' which plied between New York)

A paddle steamer, 1850
3478563 A paddle steamer, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a paddle steamer built by John Scott Russell (1808-1882) a Scottish civil engineer, naval architect and shipbuilder

Steamboat pier, New York City - Families boarding an excursion steamer on the East River, 1870s
NWI4760114 Steamboat pier, New York City - Families boarding an excursion steamer on the East River, 1870s.; (add.info.: Steamboat pier)

The steam launch coming alongside Cleopatra's needle when it arrived in the Thames, 1850
3359168 The steam launch coming alongside Cleopatra's needle when it arrived in the Thames, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the steam launch coming alongside Cleopatra's needle when)

An explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, 1860
1575268 An explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, 1860; (add.info.: An explosion on the steamboat Alfred Thomas at Easton, Pennsylvania)

'Bremen - New York', poster advertising the North German Lloyd Line, 1930 (colour litho)
SFP409451 'Bremen - New York', poster advertising the North German Lloyd Line, 1930 (colour litho) by Hanke, Willy (1866-1953); Cauer Collection, Germany; (add.info.: 'Bremen')

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's new iron mail steam-ship Quito, 1864. 'This beautiful vessel, which left the Mersey on the 27th January with mails and passengers for St

The new screw steam-ship Cuba, of the Cunard Liverpool and New York Line, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The new screw steam-ship Cuba, of the Cunard Liverpool and New York Line, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by Mr. Hugh Aird

Sketches from British Columbia: Port Anderson, Anderson Lake, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from British Columbia: Port Anderson, Anderson Lake, 1864. 'This port and town, though at present in "embryo," is pleasantly situated;

The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point..., 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Jackal tender and boats going to meet the American mail steamer at Roche's Point, near Queenstown [in Ireland], 1864

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new paddle-wheel steamer Nyanza, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's new paddle-wheel steamer Nyanza, 1864. A ship built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company from designs by Mr. G. C

Laying the foundation-stone of Brean Down Breakwater, Weston-Super-Mare, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of Brean Down Breakwater, Weston-Super-Mare, 1864. 'View of...the moment when the stone was lowered from the little steam-boat the Wye

The London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company's new steam-boat The Prince Imperial, 1864. 'Our Engraving represents the new paddle-wheel steam-boat Prince Imperial

Sketches in British Columbia: Harrison Lake, with the Cascade Mountains in the distance, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in British Columbia: Harrison Lake, with the Cascade Mountains in the distance, 1864. 'The View of Harrison Lake is taken from a small bay looking down that lake

Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
Seeing off the Expedition on the Pier, 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. Creator: Nikolay Vasilyevich Pinegin
Seeing off the Expedition in Arkhangelsk, 1912. From a collection consisting of an album and individual photographs from the family archive of geologist Mikhail Alekseevich Pavlov (1884-1938)

Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Laying the foundation-stone of the Brisbane Bridge, Queensland, New South Wales, 1864. 'The foundation-stone of the new bridge to connect the north and south portions of the city...was laid

Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the fire at Dockhead, Bermondsey, [London], sketched on Saturday morning, 1864. 'a great fire broke out in the waterside premises of Messrs

Krasnoyarsk The bank of the Yenisei near Skete, 1903. Creator: Unknown
Krasnoyarsk The bank of the Yenisei near Skete, 1903. National Library of Russia

Krasnoyarsk The steamboat "Falcon" off the shore of the monastery, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Krasnoyarsk The steamboat "Falcon" off the shore of the monastery, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Irkutsk. General View, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. General View, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Irkutsk. General View, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. General View, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Thames Embankment Works, viewed from King's College, [London], 1864. '...when the embankment is finished, running as it will from Pimlico to Blackfriars-bridge, and beyond it

Torbay Regatta: the schooner-yachts starting from Torquay, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Torbay Regatta: the schooner-yachts starting from Torquay, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. G. Whitaker. 'The course was three times round the bay

Walking on the steamer "Lieutenant Malygin" G.N. Fedotova and members of her group...,1897. Creator: Unknown
Walking on the steamer "Lieutenant Malygin" G.N. Fedotova and members of her group with the Krasnoyarsk public, 1897

Steamer "White Horse" in Five Fingers, 1920. Creator: Unknown. Steamer "White Horse" in Five
Steamer "White Horse" in Five Fingers, 1920.

Str. Asbury Park, between 1903 and 1905. Creator: Unknown
Str. Asbury Park, between 1903 and 1905

Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Urquhart experimenting with his Life-Preserving Raft on the Thames, [in London] 1858. A craft, attracting attention by its singular appearance

The Australian Twin Steamer "Bunyip", 1858. Creator: Unknown. The Australian Twin Steamer "Bunyip"
The Australian Twin Steamer "Bunyip", 1858. Our Engraving represents one of a class of vessels now becoming general on the Murray and other rivers in South Australia

The Royal London Yacht Club Match, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Royal London Yacht Club Match, 1858. Sailing on the Thames. The race was with third-class boats only, and three prizes were contended for

Sketches at the Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, 1876. Creator: C.R
Sketches at the Oxford and Cambridge Boat-Race, 1876. Annual rowing race on the River Thames in London. The Crews Returning; Off Chiswick Eyot; Clearing the Course

The Prince of Wales landing at the town of New Goa, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876 Creator: L.B
The Prince of Wales landing at the town of New Goa, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876....the Prince embarked with his suite on board the May Frere, the Governor of Bombay's yacht

Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Taking soundings on board a steamer on the Indus, 1876. The navigation of this great river, which, below the confluence of the Punjaub "five rivers"...has yet a further course of five

Coastal Scene, 2nd half 19th century. Creator: Alfred Thompson Bricher
Coastal Scene, 2nd half 19th century. This seascape shows sailing boats and a steamer billowing smoke while waves crash on a rocky shore

The Screw-steamer Alfonso XII, 1876. Creator: J. R. W
The Screw-steamer Alfonso XII, 1876. This fine new propeller steam-ship, named after the present King of Spain, was built by Messrs. Denny Brothers, of Dumbarton, and the engines were made by Mr

'Steamer on the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Steamer on the Mississippi; A Naturalist's Excursion in Wisconsin, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

On the Way to the Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876. Creator: C.R
On the Way to the Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876. Bringing mails on board; smoking saloon; playing quoits; the Belle of the voyage; New York pilot boat in sight...[View of] the upper deck of

The Romsdal Fiord, 1877. Creator: Adelsteen Normann
The Romsdal Fiord, 1877

View of Goree; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
View of Goree; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Steamboat on the Volga; A Journey on the Volga, 1875. Creator: Nicholas Rowe
Steamboat on the Volga; A Journey on the Volga, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Steamboat travelling on the Orinoco; A Journey up the Orinoco, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Steamboat travelling on the Orinoco; A Journey up the Orinoco, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

The Prince of Wales in Canada - His Royal Highness escorted to Montreal by a fleet... 1860. Creator: Smyth
The Prince of Wales in Canada - His Royal Highness escorted to Montreal by a fleet of lake and up-river steamers, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America

New steam-ship "Giraffe" for the Glasgow and Belfast Royal Mail line, 1860. Creator: Unknown
New steam-ship "Giraffe" for the Glasgow and Belfast Royal Mail line, 1860. On Saturday, July 7, the Lord Provost, Magistrates

Masques Parisiens, 1889. Creator: Félicien Rops
Masques Parisiens, 1889. Shows version of the coat of arms of the city of Paris with steamboat instead of sailing ship. From Masques Parisiens, frontispiece

Steam-gondola for Coniston Lake, Lancashire, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Steam-gondola for Coniston Lake, Lancashire, 1860....a most elegant and novel vessel...in its outward form and internal fittings a perfected combination of the Venetian gondola

Farina, with a man on his back, crossing the Niagara on a tightrope... August 29, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Farina [sic], with a man on his back, crossing the Niagara on a tightrope - from a sketch taken by the late master H. Ingram, from Clifton House balcony, August 29, 1860....Mr

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