THE “BALMORAL CASTLE.”
From a Photograph. By permission of the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Co.
We could continue to deal singly with all the steamship lines which have now sprung into existence, with the fine ships of the Atlantic Transport Line, whose Minnehaha, in the spring of 1910, had the misfortune to run on to the Scillies during her voyage from America to this country. We might instance the Holt Line, the Nelson Line, and other enterprising organisations, but such matter would hardly come within the scope of our subject, which shows the manner in which the steamship has developed into so useful an institution. Since we have now been able to witness the manner in which the steamship has been adapted for service across the deep, wide ocean, let us, before we close this chapter, take a glance at the way in which she has also become so indispensable for those shorter but no less important cross-channel passages.
THE “CAMBRIA” (1848).
From a Painting. By Permission of the London & North Western Railway.
ENGINES OF THE “LEINSTER” (1860).
From the Model in the Victoria and Albert Museum.