Sons of Commerce
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The Sons of Commerce was the third steamship designed by George Dodd .
technology
The Sons of Commerce was built by Lafort and Co. according to the plans and under the direction of George Dodd. The bow was made of oak, which was reinforced with copper and the floor was completely covered with copper. A 20 hp steam engine from Jessops and Co. of Butterley served as the drive . The piston with a diameter of 0.69 m performed a stroke of 0.79 m.
history
The Sons of Commerce initially operated as a parcel ship between London and Gravesend . However, when the Regent was destroyed in a fire in 1817 , it replaced it on the route from London to Margate . It took her 7 hours and 35 minutes for this route. When the sailing ships could not go out in stormy seas, it was occasionally used at sea.
Since the Sons of Commerce was overtaken by the Caledonia on the route from the Surrey Commercial Docks to Gravesend in 1817 , a Boulton & Watt steam engine was later installed on the ship.
Web links
literature
- George Dodd: An Historical and Explanatory Dissertation on Steam-engines and Steam-Packets , London 1818, p. 235 ( online )
- AW Skempton: A Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers , Volume 1, 2002, pp. 183-184 ( online )
- Robert Peirce Cruden: The History of the Town of Gravesend in the County of Kent, and of the Port of London , London 1843, p. 485 ( online )
- Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge , 22nd Volume, London 1841, p. 499 ( online )
- Negotiations of the Association for the Promotion of Industry in Prussia , 3rd year, Berlin 1824, p. 182 ( online )