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75 followers · 245 posts · Server nutmeg.socialToday in #Connecticut History, August 20: Connecticut Inventor Breaks the Rule of Wind Over Water
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Paul Kwietniak · @DuBusGuy19
6 followers · 4 posts · Server historians.socialOn this date in 1816, #shipbuilder William H. Webb was born in #manhattan. After saving his father’s failing #shipyard, he turned it into a #shipbuilding power, constructing #clipperships #steamships #warships etc. After the #civilwar he closed the shipyard and founded the Webb Academy, now the #webbinstitute in #glencove #NewYork Webb died in 1899 and is interred in #woodlawn #cemetery in #thebronx. Here is the #wikipedia page on the Institute. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb_Institute
#shipbuilder #manhattan #shipyard #shipbuilding #clipperships #steamships #warships #civilwar #webbinstitute #glencove #newyork #woodlawn #cemetery #thebronx #wikipedia
Fiona Grahame Orkney News Ltd · @fionaorkneynews
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"‘On the 12th of July the St Magnus carried us northward to the Shetland Islands. We had a moderately placid sea, but as immoderately tumbling boat; nevertheless it was a passage keenly enjoyed."
#Orkney #steamships #ferries
painting by William Leask; SS ‘St Magnus’ and SS ‘St Nicholas’; Orkney Islands Council; http://www.artuk.org/artworks/ss-st-magnus-and-ss-st-nicholas-167521
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/07/a-view-of-the-islands-from-the-deck-of-the-ss-st-magnus-a-19thc-visit-to-orkney/
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64 followers · 156 posts · Server nutmeg.socialToday in #Connecticut History, May 24: New London Men First to Steam Across the Atlantic.
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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/24/may-24-the-first-steam-powered-ship-to-cross-the-atlantic/
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Mateo Bratanić · @mateo_bratanic
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My book, though in Croatian, available as e-book from now. #maritimehistory #twitterstorians #Hvar #Mediterranean #martimetrade #shipping #sailing #steamships
#maritimehistory #twitterstorians #hvar #mediterranean #martimetrade #shipping #sailing #steamships
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Tor Lillqvist · @tml
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Started watching #1899 on #Netflix. Can’t say much about the story yet, but the CGI work is fascinating.
Sidenote: was the #coal used to power large #steamships really shovelled manually into the multiple #boilers? I know manpower was cheap, but surely some mechanical system would have been more reliable and easier to control? (Apparently not, says this answer to the same question: https://www.quora.com/Why-wasnt-a-system-developed-to-automatically-feed-coal-to-warship-steam-boilers-rather-than-being-dependant-on-men-and-shovels )
#netflix #coal #steamships #boilers