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Show . . ! . & Progress of a Century x. . ' IN 1836 THE FIRST REGULAR STEAMBOAT COMMUNICATION WAS ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC. IN THAT YEAR THE 'SIRUS' STEAMED FROM LONDON TO NEW YORK IN SEVENTEEN DAYS-THIS DAYS-THIS WAS A PADDLE STEAMER LIKE THE LITTLE "SAVANNAH" (PICTURED ABOVE) WHICH, IN 1819, HAD MADE THE VOYAGE TO LIVERPOOL FROM SAVANNAH IN TWENTY-SIX DAYS, ITS CAPACITY AS A SAILINO VESSEL BEING PARTLY AIDED BY STEAM., THE TRIP WHICH TOOK SEVENTEEN DAYS ON THC 'FIRST TRANSATLANTIC STEAMER CAN NOW BS MADE IN FOUR DAYS. THE OCEON LINER OF TODAY IS A FLOATING PALACE. PROVIDING EVERY COMFORT ANO AMUSEMENT OF A MODERN CITY. |