Image: Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911) (14755838841)

Description: Identifier: everyboysbookofr00prot (find matches) Title: Every boy's book of railways and steamships Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Protheroe, Ernest Subjects: Railroads Steamboats Publisher: London : Religious Tract Society Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: man Line snatched thehonours from its younger rivals by means of the City of Berlin, 5491 tons, which laid to itscredit an outward passage of 7 days 18 hours2 min. In later years this was the first vessel tobe lighted by electricity. Only a year later the White Star regainedthe lost laurels. The Britannic, 5004 tons, cutthe outward record several times until it stoodat 7 days 10 hours 53 min.; her sister vessel, the Germanic, in the same year reduced the home-ward passage to 7 days 15 hours 7 min., only forthe Britannic to outvie it by two hours anda half. Meanwhile the Gruion Line, founded in 1866,had been making frantic efforts to secure a shareof the trans-Atlantic honours without success.Eventually it was decided to construct theArizona, 5147 tons, and the vessel made itsmark on both passages; the outward voyage,7 days 10 hours 47 min., and the homeward,7 days 8 hours 11 min. In 1882 the Alaskamade an onslaught upon the outward passage andcut the record down a further 6 hours; the Text Appearing After Image: BLUE RIBBON OF THE ATLANTIC 229 homeward passage she achieved in 6 days 22 hours,the first vessel to cross the Atlantic Ocean within aweek. It was to the Arizona or the Alaskathat the title ocean greyhound was first ex-pressly applied. These last-named notable performances werewiped out in 1884. The National Lines America in June made the eastward passagein 6 days 14 hours 8 min. A couple of monthslater the Oregon steamed into fame on bothtrips, making the passage from Queenstown toNew York in 6 days 9 hours 42 min., and thereturn voyage in 6 days 11 hours 9 min. Thisvessel had been built for the Guion Line, but theCunard Company had purchased her before sheobtained her double first. With the reduction of the Atlantic passage tosix and a half days, it appeared that the shipbuilderwas assuredly approaching finality in the matter ofspeed. Possibly the Cunard Line viewed thepossession of the championship as savouring some-what of chance, in that the Oregon wasconstructed to the orders of Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Every boy's book of railways and steamships (1911) (14755838841)
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