steamships in English

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1
a ship that is propelled by a steam engine.
The Suez Canal, opened in 1869, shortened the route east for steamships , although sailing ships still went by the Cape.
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1. After the first steel-hulled steamships appeared, the situation improved.

2. Of course trains, steamships, they help, but so does electricity.

3. 25 Only at the end of the nineteenth century were they outclassed by steamships.

4. Jackson's company became overextended financially, having invested in steamships and collieries as well as docks and railways.

5. The service had Auspiciously begun in 1850 with four of the five steamships called for by the contract

6. Many others came by way of the Isthmus of Panama and the steamships of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.

7. Steamships, square riggers, barks, Barkentines, and schooners filled the harbor’s docks and shores in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey

8. Alternative accommodation in the metropolitan area for a new breed of large steamships had become a matter of some urgency.

9. By the 20th century, London’s dock complex was well equipped to accommodate the growing number of larger steamships needed to handle the trade generated by the city.

10. Famous English engineers include Isambard Kingdom Brunel, best known for the creation of the Great Western Railway, a series of famous steamships, and numerous important bridges, hence revolutionising public transport and modern-day engineering.