An Appraisal of the Progress of the Steamship in the Nineteenth Century

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ID20039965
AuthorsDavid M Williams (0000-0002-2973-7677), John Armstrong (0009-0000-5354-9206)
Year2012
Pages43-63
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueWorld's Key Industry (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137003751_4
OpenAlexW2346743868
ISBN9781137003751
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

The invention and subsequent development of the steamship represents a great watershed in maritime transport and humankind’s relationship with the sea. For the first time, vessels were not at the mercy of wind or tide and this, together with the ability to make or leave port at will, permitted scheduled services. These, to a considerable degree, overcame the uncertainties that previously had inevitably accompanied maritime voyages. Over time all elements of shipping — vessels, labour, finance — were transformed and likewise shipbuilding, the port industry and associated shipping services. Steam together with changes in construction materials — from wood to iron and later steel — along with later advances in communications and transport technology, the telegraph and the railway, created a ‘new world of shipping’.1 Such changes contributed to the integration of the world economy

Archaeology · Business · Economics · Economy · International trade · Maritime industry · Port (circuit theory) · Shipbuilding · Water Transport · Engineering · Environmental Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Mechanical Engineering

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