A RELIC OF EARLY STEAM NAVIGATION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 382, 3 May 1881, Page 2

A RELIC OF EARLY STEAM NAVIGATION.

A relic of great interest has just beer* recovered* by the Chicago Historical Society, through the kindness of Mr James Gouchie, a Scottish shipbuilder,, now residing at a village near Chicago.. It is the original ttorking plan from, which was constructed the first vessel entirely propelled by steam wjiick crossed the Atlantic. The question, named the Royal WilliafiJfwMtl completed at Quebec in the year 183 U Two years later she sailed for London, making the trip in 25 days* Shortly"*

afterwards the vessel was. sold to the, Spanish Government, and being converted into a man-of-war, was the first. steamship ever used in that capacity. The price paid for her was 10,000 dole. In this connection it will not be out of place lo recall the fact that in the year 1819 there sailed from Savannah a fullrigged ship named after that city, and having an engine and paddle-wheels* which were used in calm weather, buttaken in when the sea was rough. This was the ship which so alarmed the British coast-officers ; and as she neared the Channel clouds of smoke were seen issuing from her, and the coast-guard, believing that the vessel was on fire, sent a Government cutler to her assistance.. —Engineering.