Purim Fling
Matzo Ball Billionaire
Forgive Me, I Love You
Latkes of Love
Anthologies
“Open to Negotiations” in Dangerous Curves Ahead
“The Prince Without A Throne” in Wickedly Ever After
1. Chapter One
2. Chapter Two
3. Chapter Three
4. Chapter Four
5. Chapter Five
6. Chapter Six
7. Chapter Seven
8. Chapter Eight
9. Chapter Nine
10. Chapter Ten
11. Chapter Eleven
12. Chapter Twelve
13. Chapter Thirteen
14. Chapter Fourteen
15. Chapter Fifteen
16. Chapter Sixteen
17. Chapter Seventeen
18. Chapter Eighteen
19. Chapter Nineteen
20. Epilogue
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Acknowledgments
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Chapter One California
On day one of our vacation, we walked into one of the California parks. I wanted to run, as fast as I could, through the park, like I was having a Sound of Music moment, but I restrained myself. It’s the one where Maria stands at the top of the Alps, throws her arms wide open, spins in a circle, and sings about the hills being alive. Realistically speaking, this would have knocked down children, then angering several parents, and getting myself kicked out of the park. But, I’m a considerate adult.
“What do you want to do first?” Aunt Terri asked me.
My mother’s younger sister, and my favorite aunt, was a few steps behind me as I guided us through the growing crowd. My aunt and uncle had gifted me this last-minute trip to Northanger Parks even though it’s the beginning of the semester, and my graduation was only months away. Uncle Michael had been invited for a job interview for a ride engineer. The company put us in one of their most expensive resorts for three and a half days on an all-expensespaid trip, thanks to the Northanger Company. We had arrived
yesterday and spent the evening shopping in the Northanger Mall. Now, I had three days to go back and forth between the two Los Angeles parks.
As a big Northanger fan, I usually watched other people go to the parks on YouTube, especially the Northanger Mega-Fans. These were the people with no connection to the Northanger company or family but loved it so much that they wanted to share it with the world. My favorite channel was by a brother and sister team, Ethan and Hanna Thornton. They did a mix of video styles from video logs, vlogs, about their current trip, shopping hauls and unboxings, and company updates. Most of the time, they were sitting in a room, talking to each other about whatever topic they needed to cover.
They have more subscribers than any other channel for various reasons, but the biggest reason is that Ethan is so freaking hot. Their fans get angry when he isn’t in the videos and express it through the many comments. His videos about the history of the Northanger Parks and company were my favorite and the most popular. He was always excited to share stories he had learned and then following up with people in the comments. If you didn’t read the comments, you would miss chances to interact with them. I was a frequent commenter, and keeping up with these videos built my enthusiasm over the months. That made it easy for me to catch a last-minute plane to Los Angeles from Boston.
Last night from the comfort of my room, I watched their latest video and realized they were in the Los Angeles parks too. A small part of me hoped that I would run into them, and they would remember me from the comments. I would tell them exactly how
much I loved their videos. Other people did that and often got a quick shout-out in the vlogs. I needed to stand out in the crowd in case I run into them. I knew exactly what I needed.
“I need kitty ears or a unicorn horn!” I announced before making a sharp left into an open souvenir shop. The store was practically empty since most people were rushing to get in line for rides. I wasn’t in a rush because we had VIP access, thanks to my uncle, who was busy with his job interview. They wanted him to design a whole new set of rides related to the latest hit movies. We had been allowed to get Quick Passes to all the rides we want, instead of only one at a time. I had planned my trip around my favorite rides, my favorite characters, the tours we were taking, and the food I wanted to eat. I wasn’t worried about getting on the rides, which allowed me to focus on ways to find Ethan and Hanna.
I made my way over to a wall of kitty ear and unicorn horn headbands, elaborately designed to match the park’s events, characters, rides, and partnerships. I found a pair of gold lame kitty ears, precisely what I had been looking for.
“Those are brand new,” a shop employee said to me. He was restocking the display with them.
Hanna had featured these ears on last night’s video when she showed her new favorite products. The ears had a black sequin top hat placed between them related to the park’s partnership with Broadway. I tried on the ears and checked myself out in a nearby mirror. The gold lame not only rested perfectly on my long, braided hair, but also matched my dark brown hair, and it brought out the
gold flecks in my hazel eyes. I smiled, feeling impressed with how perfect these ears were and made my way to the register.
“Aren’t those ears so cute! I got a pair yesterday,” a woman said as I got to the register’s small line.
I looked up to see Hanna Thornton, the very woman I had just been hoping to find. She was holding a Halloween sweatshirt. The day was unexpectedly chilly. My eyes widened, and a voice in my head reminded me not to say something stupid. This was what I hoped would happen, after all!
“I know you! I just saw your video about them. That’s why I’m buying them!”
Hanna Thornton blushed as the line inched forward. She was shorter in person than I expected with brown curly hair and deep brown eyes. She was as bubbly as I expected her to be, ready to chat with anyone in line with her.
“Ethan, we have a viewer!” She called over to the tall man standing at the door, looking at holiday junk food options.
Ethan Thornton looked up, and I felt my stomach tighten as I slowly exhaled a deep sigh. I hoped Hanna didn’t notice. The camera didn’t do Ethan justice. His brown hair was brushed back away from his face, and he wasn’t wearing the glasses that he typically wore in the videos. I could clearly see his brown eyes. His beard, usually perfectly groomed, was scruffy and uneven. He was wearing khaki shorts and a simple grey shirt that had Willow, the Northanger unicorn on it, and said, “Even Men Love Unicorns.” A black backpack was slung across his broad shoulders. He was over six feet tall, and his long arms were slightly muscular.
“Great,” he said with a small wave in our direction before yawning.
“I had to stop here before we get coffee,” Hanna whispered.
“Who hasn’t had coffee?” My aunt asked as she walked over to us. She had her own pair of kitty ears in Charlie’s classic calico style, the first Northanger cat.
“I love the classic Charlie ears. Not a lot of people wear them anymore,” Hanna said to my aunt.
Terri gave Hanna the “we’re chatting because we’re in line together” smile. She and my mother had the exact same expression when forced to interact with strangers while shopping.
“This is Hanna,” I said to my aunt. “I was watching her video last night. You know, the YouTube one. I’m Katie Merton, KatieM on YouTube. This is my aunt Terri.”
“I know you! We see your comments all the time.” Hanna said, glancing at Ethan.
“Oh! You’re the Northanger travel agents,” Terri said, “That’s such a fascinating service.”
“My father’s the travel agent,” Hanna said. “My brother and I help with promotion and marketing.”
Hanna turned to pay for her sweatshirt. That’s the perfect opportunity to glance back at Ethan, who was still looking at the Halloween food. He caught my eye and smiled, but I quickly looked away. I wanted to look at him but didn’t want him to know it. He’d dismiss me as a silly woman. When I glanced back, Hanna was looking at me before looking back at her brother. Her smile suggested she had formed a plan.
“What are your plans for the day? You have your Quick Passes, right?” Hanna asked, stepping out of the line.
My aunt and I exchanged a look, and I knew my desires were clearly communicated by her smile and sigh.
“We’re going on the Rocket Roller first,” my aunt said. “We don’t have to rush over.”
“My uncle’s here for a job interview,” I said, wanting them to know everything. “We have permission to have Quick Passes for any ride we want, so I booked all of them at once.”
Hanna looked me over, her eyes narrowing like she was debating something in her mind. “Ethan, what are we riding today? Can we start at Rocket Roller?” Hanna asked her brother after a quick nod.
A smile spread across my face, and I looked to Ethan with the hope that he would say we could walk around together. He shrugged and scrolled through something on his phone.
“I can get us a Quick Pass for now, if you want them,” he said with a faint smile on his face.
“Awesome!” Hanna then turned to me and said, “Do you mind the company for your first ride?”
Ethan pressed a few things on his phone and then looked up at us. His smile was different now, a little more enthusiastic than before. I turned to my aunt.
“Sure, if Katie doesn’t mind,” Terri said, giving me a knowing look.
I met her eyes and gave an encouraging smile. I wanted to hang out with these two as long as possible. Their vlogs always included someone who found them in the crowd and was invited to walk around with them. Maybe I would end up in today’s video.
“Cool, let’s get coffee for Ethan and head over to the ride,” Hanna said.
We walked across the street and stood in the Starbucks line that stretched into the seating area. Hanna pulled out her camera and started recording herself and explaining what was going on.
“Do you want to be on camera?” Hanna asked me after pausing the recording.
“Yes!” I said, excited to have gotten what I wanted so easily.
She turned the camera to me and did introductions before turning it to Ethan and rambling to the camera about his caffeine need.
“Don’t worry, it’s not live. I like to edit the vlogs before they get uploaded.” Hanna said after she put the camera away. While we waited, I explained the reason for our trip to Northanger Parks.
“What has he designed?” Ethan asked.
“He did some popular rollercoasters for other parks, but nothing for Northanger before.”
The siblings looked at each other, but I didn’t understand what the look meant.
“That’s really neat,” Hanna said.
“What do you do?” Ethan asked me.
I considered what to say but decided not to embellish the truth.
“I’m getting my MBA in project management, and I freelance as a project manager.”
Both Ethan’s and Hanna’s eyes widened.
“You could take time off of school for a trip to Northanger?” Hanna asked.
“Well, it’s grad school, and my classes are online. I can go back to our suite tonight and just post some stuff. I have to pick a final project to finish my degree. I have to create an entire project and run through the planning process. ”
“Are you working at the moment?” Ethan asked.
“Since I freelance, I have more control over when I work. I have a small job that starts in a few weeks. I’d love to get something permanent with Northanger Parks, and I was hoping to get some interviews out here, but didn’t get any responses before we left.”
The siblings exchanged another look, but this one I could read clearly—they knew someone. I had been stalking different job websites daily, waiting for Northanger Parks to post a project manager position. I had done my research. Running Northanger Parks required a project manager for everything that went on. If they needed a new ride, to plan a new parade, get ready for a specific event, or even develop an entirely new park; they would hire at least one project manager.
As we walked across the park to the ride, Ethan said to me, “I bet you know this already, but Rocket Roller, here in Los Angeles, is the smallest of all its version in any Northanger park. ”
“Yes, and Paris has the largest one!” I said, excited to share these details.
“Your uncle probably taught you all about the rollercoasters,” Ethan said, give me a huge grin and walking next to me with his coffee in hand.
His mood changed as soon as he took the first sip of his massive coffee. I had been worried that he was irritated that a fan was imposing on his vacation. Now he seemed engaged and chatty. His voice was deep and low like it started in his stomach and rumbled up his body. I had enjoyed hearing him sigh and moan with a small bit of pleasure once he took his first sip of the coffee.
I carried a hot chocolate in a cup decorated by one of the baristas to match my ears. They drew these creative mug designs when people came in wearing any pair of ears. This was new to me, and my surprise prompted Hanna to start an impromptu video about little things staff did in the park for visitors. Then, she chatted away to the camera on her own while Ethan walked with Aunt Terri and me.
“The Rocket Roller in Tampa was the first rollercoaster I ever went on, and my uncle took me,” I said, giving him a smile.
I liked caffeinated Ethan. He wanted to chat with me, and his brown eyes sparkled.
“Mine was the Lightning Coaster,” he said.
I heard my aunt chuckle on my other side. “I know more about the mechanics of both rollercoasters than any non-engineer should know,” she laughed. “They were both the first computer-controlled rollercoasters ever designed and done by the same team of engineers.”
“I didn’t know that!” Ethan said. “I love Northanger history.”
“My husband can tell you anything you want to know about Northanger ride engineering. It’s his hobby and his job,” my aunt said, chuckling as she thought about the ride models my uncle kept in the basement of their home.
“I wrote an honors thesis about the history of the Northanger company when I was an undergraduate. I know more than one person should!” He said, laughing at his self deprecating comment.
I held back my inclination to laugh too. I normally didn’t have any problems talking to people, especially men. Of course, none of those men had a fan base that demanded attention. Yes, Ethan probably was a regular guy, but he wasn’t necessarily the same guy who did videos with Hanna. That was perhaps a little bit of a performance. I was unusually aware of how my reactions could be misinterpreted by Ethan. That was the last thing I wanted.
“Like what?” I asked, smiling and ready to hear anything Ethan wanted to tell me.
“Well, for example, the parks are designed to be a journey through time, depending on their location,” he said, extending his arm and pointing above my head toward the right. “The direction we’re going in is like traveling back in time, from the future to the past. The first rides here focused on the future at that time. That’s why there’s a whole westward expansion theme here, but not in Tampa.”
“Out there, it’s the colonial era,” I said.
He put his arm down and started counting on his fingers.
“In France, it’s medieval. Each country focuses on their history; in Japan, it is focused on the Classical Period and all the Buddhist temples, and China goes back to the start of the Silk Road. The anchor rides that are the same at every park have different narratives. If you start on the park’s left side and travel the main path, you will experience a cohesive story through time.”
“So,” I asked, “If we start on the Rocket Roller, it’s the 1960s version of the future, but Tampa is the 1980s version?”
“Exactly, cool, right?” Ethan said, beaming, happy to be talking about his favorite topic.
“Very!” I said.
Chapter Two
Terri left us before lunch to meet my uncle and take a break. I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon, walking around with Hanna and Ethan. We linked our accounts to coordinate our day together, and we stopped for lunch at a place that allowed us to preorder on the Northanger app. We brought the food to a table, fighting for a spot with several other families. We sat there eating with our phones out to pick the next rides we wanted.
“You can only reserve about three a day, per person,” Hanna explained to me.
“They told my uncle we could just go on the quick line, no matter what tickets were available. It’s part of what they gave us.”
Hanna’s eyes widened with a bit of jealousy. Honestly, I would have been jealous too!
“I wonder if, now that our accounts are linked, will it assume you’re part of our group and just let you on too?” I said, trying to make it worth their time to hang out with me.
“You’re a group?” Ethan asked, a bit confused.
I giggled, realizing I hadn’t explained anything to them. “My brother and two of his friends are meeting us tomorrow for the rest of the trip. Our accounts are all linked. I don’t think the company gave my uncle a limit on how many people could come with him.”
“That’s generous,” Hanna said.
I shrugged, knowing it was only because they wanted to entice my uncle. I wasn’t sure of their plans for the new rides, but it was clear that my uncle was an essential part of it. My uncle had checked the three of us into a three-room suite in their most exclusive and expensive hotel the night before. The suite faced the parks, allowing us to see the fireworks each night. We had been treated to a dinner with executives and ordered dessert from room service while watching the fireworks from our balcony. My aunt had made an appointment for a spa afternoon, complete with a massage and facial. I knew we would never get these privileges again. I had three days for my dream vacation, and I would do everything I had ever wanted to do.
“How about this,” Ethan said, “We’ll get our Quick Passes like we normally would, and you go on those rides with us. If we see a ride that would benefit from not standing in line, we’ll test your theory. Worst case, we wait for you to ride the ride, or you wait for us to get through the line.”
I gave Ethan a huge smile, thrilled that I would get to spend more time with them. This was even more than I ever imagined they would allow me to do with them. At the most I had fantasized about was a quick hello as we met in a shop. I wasn’t going to refuse this chance.
“Not all the rides have Quick Passes, though,” Hanna reminded her brother.
I knew which ones they meant as I had been considering rides that don’t accept Quick Passes. “I know which lines get longer through the day, and I have a plan,” I said.
“What?” Ethan asked.
“I have three more mornings here. I’ll just get on those rides right away. I can also do an early morning and a late night while we’re here. I think it will be easier to get those difficult rides at those times.”
Ethan nodded his head.
“That’s a solid plan,” he said. “Most people never think of it that way.”
“I’ve been watching your videos for a while… Well, others, too,” I quickly added, not wanting them to get the impression that I was obsessed with them. “I’ve been paying attention to these tips and tricks.”
Ethan gave me a grin that made my stomach clench, and I was glad I was sitting down. We unanimously agreed to a Quick Pass for the Lighting Coaster. It was a rollercoaster entirely in the dark except for the bolts of lightning that periodically lit up the ride. It was timed to randomly hit, so you might never see the same part of the ride twice. Different mythological characters were hidden through the ride. I loved trying to figure out which one I had and hadn’t seen before.
“I feel like you love the thrill rides,” Hanna said as we walked over after lunch.
“I do, but I believe anything that moves is a ride.”
Ethan laughed, a deep rumble in his belly type of laugh.
“Even escalators?” he asked.
“They are some of the best rides at a mall!”
“Scooters?”
“A ride for the disabled and the aged!” I said, skipping a little as I walked.
“The Mono-Tail through the parks and hotels?”
“By the end of the day, they’re my favorite.”
Ethan kept laughing as we scanned the bands on our arms and walked through the line to the front. There had been four of us on Rocket Roller, and it was easy to pick who sat with whom. Now there were just three of us, and only two butts would fit in a seat. I got anxious about who would be left alone or which of the siblings would sit with me, finding myself silently praying that Ethan would sit with me.
“Can I sit alone?” Hanna asked as we got close to the front of the line. “I like to slide back and forth of the seat as the lightning hits.” I knew the feeling well, but I wanted to slide into Ethan and have him sliding into me as the car hit the hairpin turns and spirals.
“Sure, as long as we can be in the back,” Ethan said.
“The back’s my favorite,” I said, thinking of how much more untethered those turns and spirals felt from the back of the train. I imagined myself bumping into Ethan over and over, our skin touching.
“Deal!” Hanna said as we were ushered into the right spots for our turn.
The car pulled away from the platform and into the dark. I could feel Ethan’s leg pressed against mine as the train began the first climb, and my butt slid to the back of the seat. We were quickly in the dark, and it was seconds before the first bolt of lightning struck, revealing a scene of Zeus and his lightning bolts. It was the first time I ever experienced the lightning that quickly, and I yelped in surprise. Ethan quickly took my hand and squeezed it. He held on to it as the car slowly rolled over the hill. While still holding hands, we both threw our arms up and screamed with delight through the first drop and turns. He held my hand through the entire ride. His deep screams were all I could hear during the five-minute ride.
The train pulled up to the platform again. As we got off the ride, Ethan took my hand to help me out. I looked back at Hanna, who shot me a wink that her brother didn’t see.
“I think I’ll ride all the thrill rides with you,” he said with a massive grin spread across his face.
We sat down outside of the ride and pulled out our phones again, ready to pick our next ride.
“What if we go over to the Pacifica side?” Hanna asked.
The Northanger Parks in California was split into two different venues. The one we were in now, Northanger Universe, was primarily about their movies and characters. The other one, Pacifica, was unique to the West Coast and focused on its regional history with the Northanger characters mixed in when necessary. The Pacifica park rides often changed themes, most commonly being retrofitted, so the engineers don’t have to make any changes to the
ride design. Some of my favorite thrill rides were there and often had the longest waits between the two parks.
“We can get a Quick Pass for the Arthurian rides,” I said, wanting to do the thrill ride themed around the Holy Grail hunt.
“That’s a tough one to get,” Hanna said.
Ethan scrolled through something on his phone, and I could tell from the disappointment on his face that he hadn’t seen one.
“We could test the theory that you could get through the Quick Pass lines with me,” I said, hoping to restore some excitement.
“What if we do that with the Alien Hunter ride?” Hanna said. “The wait is only thirty minutes, but the Grail Hunt is over an hour.”
“That’s a good idea, and if it doesn’t work, we can all wait in the line together,” Ethan said.
“I also want to do the Avalanche ride,” I said.
“We can still get a Quick Pass for that ride,” Ethan said, showing me the phone’s notification. “Do you like parades as much as you like rides?”
I shrugged, more interested in rides now, especially when I could see the same parades every day. I shook my head.
“Okay, because I think I have a plan.”
I smiled at Ethan, ready for a plan that would get us on all three rides as quickly as possible and allow me to continue hanging out with them.
Switching parks was more accessible at the California parks than in any other Northanger property. In Tampa, you needed to take the
bus, the Tail-Rail, or boat. In Paris, the parks had all the hotels between them, and the Asia parks had moving walkways to get you across the vast expanse. Here all you had to do was walk 200 feet and scan your badge again. If you’re already exhausted from walking, then those can be the worst two-hundred feet of your day, but if you’re only on your first day in the park and have a fantastic plan, they are the quickest two-hundred feet you walk. We practically ran from the exit of one park to the entrance of the other.
Ethan, with the longest legs, periodically turned around and urged us on. We needed to move quickly if his plan, which fit into a tight time frame, would work.
“Let’s start straight back, quickly, and see how long we have to wait for Alien Hunters,” he said, pausing for Hanna and me to catch our breath.
If the Quick Pass theory was correct, we’d have breathing room to join the next ride, but if not, we would catch our breath while waiting in line. I did my best to avoid bumping into people around me. As we headed up the main entrance, we inhaled the smells being pipped out of the bakeries and saw photographers taking pictures of families. I heard the jingle bells of a show getting ready for a performance and knew that stopping was a waste of time. So that I wouldn’t bump into any children or get plowed over by someone in a wheelchair, I put my head down as we ran. It took us ten minutes to get from the entrance to the back of the park, the Alien Hunter ride location.
Ethan high-fived both Hanna and me when we reached the entrance of the ride. The sign announced a thirty-five-minute wait
time for the ride.
“You guys scan first,” I said. “There’s no point in me scanning in if you can’t get on.”
Ethan walked over first and put his wristband to the scanner. The light flashed red just before Hanna put hers on the other; it flashed red too.
“I guess the theory was wrong,” Ethan said, a small frown forming.
“Let’s get in the line, quickly!” Hanna said, running up the path to find the end of that line.
Once we got to the end, Hanna pulled out her camera again and started talking to it for her vlog.
“I have a theory that they always give it an extra fifteen minutes for wait time,” Ethan said to me and the camera.
“Really?” I asked.
“Yeah, I think it’s the safe estimate of how long it takes to get from the entrance of a ride’s queue to the platform, especially on the newer rides with interactive elements. They assume you’ll want to stop to take pictures or watch videos,” Ethan said, more animated in his gestures than he had been while we were walking around. This was more like the version of him I was used to seeing on camera.
“So, you’re saying we might only wait about twenty minutes?” I asked, trying to mirror his on-camera behavior.
“If we’re lucky, even less!” Hanna said after ending the recording and putting away the camera.
“And,” Ethan added, holding up an index finger, “if a wait time says fifteen minutes, you can walk right on.”
They were right, we didn’t wait in line for thirty minutes. Even when we were waiting, like Ethan theorized, there were things we wanted to do inline. I made them take pictures of me with characters. I even got Ethan to pose with me when we came to the main Alien Hunter in the movie, Buck. The character, who had become popular in the 1970s, was a tall, animated man with black hair and a cleft chin. He always wore a silver, one-piece space suit. The hood was supposed to be a retractable helmet that he always wore half up. Both Ethan and I had him on our list of favorite characters. To be fair, there are few characters I don’t love.
“OH MY GOD! It’s Ethan!” I heard someone yell a few rows away from us, at the back of the line.
Ethan, who had been posing for selfies with me, suddenly sat up and looked around. Two women were waving their arms and pushing their way up the line.
“We’re almost on the ride, ladies,” Hanna said when she saw the fans. “We’ll wait for you on the other side.”
I watched Ethan relax again, but the spell seemed broken, and he returned to being the stiff, reluctant talker he had been when we met that morning. Had I pushed too much? I had been having so much fun with him, and I thought he had been having fun too.
The Alien Hunter ride was one that included a game. Each pod fit two people, and you competed to stop the most alien invaders. The car’s winner would get unique elements superimposed on the photo taken at the end of the ride. If you had a high enough score, you would be given a certificate as you got off the ride.
“I know where the camera is,” Ethan said when he slid into my car, his mood changing again. “I’ll give you a sign so we can pose.”
“How will we pose?”
“I don’t know yet, but we’ll figure it out. By the way, I’m awesome at this game. I always beat Hanna and our brother, Carter.”
I didn’t have time to respond as the ride’s narration began, the rules were explained, and we had to start shooting our laser guns at the targets. Ethan quickly took charge of our car’s controls, spinning it around in circles to hit the targets he wanted. As we spun in circles, I did my best to react and not get dizzy. I just kept pushing the button to fire the gun. It was challenging to keep up with the narrative, that is until the ride suddenly stopped, and a voice explained there was a short delay.
“I bet someone got sick,” Ethan said, making the throw-up gesture.
I laughed; if I had a weaker stomach, it could have been me.
“The picture spot is coming up,” he said through his laughter.
“Watch for Buck’s victory and smile.”
“I’m going to pretend I’m shooting at you,” I said, now laughing at my plan.
Ethan’s eyes got wide with excitement.
“That’s an awesome idea! I’ll put my hands up too like I’m the alien.”
The ride suddenly started again, and we spun 180 degrees with a lurch. I quickly saw the spot Ethan was talking about, so I turned my gun towards him and made a stern face. He reacted by throwing up his hands and looking panicked. We were reduced to giggles until we
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INDEX
(N.B.—All vessels are indexed under Ships named.)
Aberdeen Line, Rennie’s, 183; Thompson’s, 296
Aberdeen schooners, 85
Accidents, steam-ship, inquiry into, 77
Adelaide Steamship Co , 347
Admiralty, the, steam packet, 102; vessels, 176; and floating docks, 356, 362; and private shipbuilding yards, 319; and twin screws, 325; and wooden three-deckers, 316
Æolipile of Hero of Alexandria, 9
Africa, West, mail service, 261
African Steamship Co., 261, 299
Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., 99
Alabama claims, the, 176
Albany Line, 48
Albion Co., 298
Alexandria-England, carriage of mails, 178
Alexandria-Suez, travel between, 167
Algiers, U.S.A., floating dock, 358
Allaire Works, 173
Allan Line, 254-255, 281
Allen, Dr John, and jet-propeller, 12
Allison, Messrs. M. A., New Jersey, 50
Altona floating dock, 355
Alvarez, Don José, Chilian Agent, 128
America, steam vessels in, in 1817, 45
America, South, West Coast of, 263
American Civil War, vessels in the, 90, 98, 175, 329; blockade-runners, 327
American ice-breaking steamers, 369-371
American Line, 256, 291
American mail service, 150, 188
American Navy, the, 329, 339
American pioneers in steam navigation, 19
American river steamers, design of, 46
American Shipbuilding Co , 54
American steam-ships and foreign trade, beginnings of, 153
American subsidy to steam-ship service, 155
American train ferry-boats, 363
Amherst, Lord, 164
Anderson, Anderson & Co , 294
Anglo-French Co.’s fleet, 118
Animal-driven paddles, 2
Apcar, Messrs , Calcutta, 264
Appleton’s “Cyclopædia of American Biography,” 19, 23
Armour plates, 331 et seq.
Armstrong, Mitchell & Co , 212, 364
Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., 336, 367, 369
Armstrong, Sir William, and cupola vessels, 330
Aspinwall, C. H., 188
Atlantic cable-laying by Great Eastern, 277
“Atlantic Greyhound” title won by Alaska, 250
Atlantic Liners. See Allan, American, Beaver, Collins, Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, Cunard, Dominion, Donaldson, Galway, Guion, HamburgAmerika, Inman, National, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Red Star, State, and White Star Lines
Atlantic records, 241, 250, 282, 288
Atlantic routes adopted, 241
Atlantic service. See Transatlantic
Australia, Cape route to, 291; discovery of gold, 232; first steam voyage to, 94; prize for fastest voyage to, 263
Australian mail service, 185, 295
Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Co., 263
Australian service of P. & O. Co., 180
Australian steamers, the coaling of, 256
Australian trade cargo carriers, 294, 297
Austria, Empress of, yacht of, 373
Austrian-Lloyd Steam Navigation Co., 267
Babcock and Wilcox boilers, 359
Baikal, Lake, ferry, 365
Baltic, Swedish railway ferry, 365
Banana trade, West Indies, 299
Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd., 206, 294
Barnes, Joseph, 20
Barrow-Belfast service, 121
Barrow-Isle of Man service, 96, 121
Barrow Steam Navigation Co., 121
Batteries, floating, 312, 320
Bazin, M., invents steamer on wheels, 387
Beard, Mr., Scotch ironmaster, 115
Beaver Line, 253, 299
Bell, Henry, of Helensburgh, 61; relations with Fulton, 61; designs a steamboat, 62
Bell indicator for steward, 143
Belt conveyors, 349
Berlin, service to, 117
Bermuda floating dock, 355-357
Bernoulli, Daniel, 207
Bessemer, Sir Henry, and gyroscope boat, 379
Bilge keel, 281
Binney, Capt, L. & N.W.R. Marine Superintendent, 120
Bird-foot propellers, 7, 27, 207
Birmingham, Eagle Foundry, 4
Bishop’s disc engine, 313
Black and Saxton Campbell, Quebec, 134
Blackett, Capt., R.N., 214
Blockade-runners, 90, 98, 174, 175, 327
Blohm and Voss floating dock, 362
Blue Anchor Line, 297
Boats driven by animals, 2
Boats for safety, 78
Boilers, 229-230, 306; without water, 39; pressure, 210; tubular, 209; in warships, 337
Bombay floating dock, 363
Bombay, steamer launched at, 202
Borrie, Peter, 376
Boston-Liverpool trade, 288
Boulton and Watt engines, 30, 66, 81, 134, 311
Bourne, Messrs., 176
Bourne, William, proposition (1578), 6
Bows of steamers, shape of, 71
Branca, Giovanni, and steam (1629), 9
Brazil trade, 183
Bremen-New York service, 305
Bremen floating docks, 362
Brent, Mr., Deptford, 131
Bridgewater, Duke of, 61
Brighton, 106
Bristol-Waterford trade, 75
British and African Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., 299
British and American Steam Navigation Co , 138, 148
British and Foreign Steam Navigation Co , 110, 111, 177
British and Irish Steam Packet Co., 97
British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. See Cunard Line
British India Steam Navigation Co , 181, 185
British Queen Steam Navigation Co., 138
British steam-ships, beginnings of, 56
Brown, John, & Co., Clydebank, 337
Brown-Curtis turbine, 337
Brown, Mr. W. H., New York, 158
Brownne, Charles, builder of the Clermont, 36
Brunel, Isambard K , 78, 208, 236, 263; designs the Great Britain, 221; and the Great Eastern, 269-278
Brunel, Sir Mark, 224
“Bulk freighter,” 82
Bulkheads, 230, 235
Bunker, Captain Elihu S , rivals Fulton, 36, 39
Burmese War, 165
Burns, Mr John, and Mr S Cunard, 150
Bury, Curtice, and Kennedy, Liverpool, 231
Bushnell, David, designs submarines, 206, 276; and applies screw propeller, 206
Caird, Messrs., of Greenock, 119, 241, 293, 294, 305
Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Co., 181
Calcutta, steamers to, via the Cape, 184; and Suez service, 178; to Spithead, length of passage in 1840, 167
Calcutta Steam Committee, 166
California gold rush, 188
Californian trade, 188
Callao floating dock, 360
Calliope, the, musical instrument, 50
Caloric engines, 384
Cameron, T , & Co , Messrs , 100
Cammell, Laird & Co., 338
Campbell, Johnston & Co., floating dock at Bermuda, 356
Canada, mail steam-ship line to, 254; lines to, 255
Canadian-built lake steamers, 55
Canadian claims for first steam crossing of Atlantic, 135
Canadian ice-breaking steamers, 369-371
Canadian Pacific Railway, 299
Canadian trade, 289
Canso, Straits of, railway ferry, 369
Cantilever-framed steamers, 346
Cape route to India, 167
Cape to Spithead, length of passage (1840), 169
Cape of Good Hope mail subsidy, 183
Cape Town-Durban mails, 183
Cargo-boats, 342-352
Carron Shipping Co., the, 85-87
Carron Works, 56
Cartagena floating dock, 363
Cattle steamers, 345
Caus, Salomon de, 10
Ceylon-Hong-Kong mails, 179
“Chambers’ Journal,” account of the Great Eastern, 271-275
Channel Islands service, 109-112
Chester and Holyhead Railway Co , 103; absorbed by L & N W R , 119
Chili, 189
Chili coal mines, 187
Chilian Revolution, The Rising Star and the, 126
China, P & O Co service to, 180; ships for, 206
China trade, 173; ships in, 265
Chinese paddle-wheels, ancient, 4
Cigar (shaped) ships, 375, 380
City of Dublin Steam Packet Co See Dublin
Clark, Edwin, and floating docks, 363
Clark and Standfield and floating docks, 355, 361
Cleopatra’s Needle, 341
Clippers, Yankee wooden, 194
Clyde, Bell’s steamboat on the, 62; first Cunarders built on the, 151; first steamer on the, 28; steamers on the, in 1818, 76. See also Glasgow
Clyde ferries, 366
Clyde to Liverpool, first passenger-steamer, 95
Coach fare, Scotland to London, 85
Coal at Suez, 166
Coal consumption, 229; of turbines, 309; in early voyages across Atlantic, 142
Coal, difficulty of carrying, for long voyages, 169
Coalfields, Midland, 213
Coaling for steamers, 256
Coastal steam-ship service, development of, 80; British, 71
Coasting trade of the United Kingdom in 1822-39, 76, 77
Cochrane, Hon. William E., 127, 129
Cockerill (Belgian firm), 321
“Coffin brigs,” 149
Colden, Cadwallader D., on Robert Fulton, 26
Coles, Capt., and cupola vessels, 330; tripod masts, 332; drowned, 334
Collier belt conveyors, 349
Colliers, screw, 214
Collier, steam, with a screw, first, 213
Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Ontario, 55
Collins, Mrs., and children drowned, 160
Collins, Mr K Edward, New York, 155
Collins Line, 153, 155 et seq ; construction of ships, 158; secures premier position, 159; extravagances and losses, 159; subsidy reduced and line ceased, 161; service, 240
Collisions, intentional, 53
Colon, service to, 191
Commercial Steam Packet Co , 111
Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, 299
Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, 267
Compañia de Vapores Correos Interinsulares Canarios, 299
Confederate States of America, steamers, 90, 98, 174; commissioners, 262
Connecticut River, Morey’s steamboat on, 24
Continental passenger traffic, 105
Cootes, Mr , Walker-on-Tyne, 211, 213
Cork Steamship Co., 97, 139
Corrugated steam-ship, 349
Craggs, R , & Sons, Ltd , 348, 349
Cramp, Messrs , Philadelphia, 256, 291, 340
Crimean War, 98; iron vessel in the, 316; and shipbuilding yards, 319; floating batteries, 312, 320; P. & O. steamers employed, 180; steam-ships in the, 312; transports, 183, 239, 262
Cruisers, armed mercantile, 287, 291
Cunard Line, 281-287; first Cunarder based on Manx steamer, 87; beginnings, 150; sizes, &c of first steamers, 151; increase of business, 152; builds iron ships, 153; rivalry with Inman Line, 240; first iron steamer, 243; last paddle-steamer, 246; adopt screw-steamers, 246
Cunard, Mr. Samuel, 134, 149
Curling, Young & Co , Messrs , 138, 146, 187
Curtis turbines, 338
Cutters in Channel Islands service, 109
Cutwaters, straight, 158
Dalswinton, 58
Davey, Mr. W. J., 299
Dawson’s steamer, London-Gravesend, 70
Day Line, 49, 51
Day, Summers & Co., 114
Decks for passengers, 42
Delaware River, early steamboats on the, 25, 29
Dempster, John, 299
Denny Bros., Dumbarton, ships by, 96, 105, 281, 310
Dent & Co , 203
Destroyers, 336
Dewey floating dock, 362
Dicey, Capt., 377
Dickenson, Robert, and iron ships, 195
Dieppe-Honfleur route, 108
Displacement, theory of, 30, 193
Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall, ships by, 233, 234, 260, 313, 371, 372
Dixon, Sir Raylton, & Co., Ltd., 346
Docks, dry, difficulties of, 353; floating, 352-363
Dod, Daniel, 123
Dodd, Capt , of the Thames, 67
Dominion Line, 243, 288
Donaldson Line, 255
Dover-Calais service, 72, 105; designs to prevent sea-sickness, 377-379; race, paddle v screw, 259; proposed railway ferry, 366
Doxford, Messrs., and the rolling of ships’ plates, 345; and shifting cargo in bulk, 346, 351
Dramatic Line, 155
Dublin and Liverpool Steam Navigation Co , 73, 74
Dublin and London Steam Packet Co , 176
Dublin, City of, Steam Packet Co., 72, 74, 89; service to London, 97; Irish mail service, 102-104; and transatlantic service, 144
Dublin-London service, 97
Dublin-Wexford service, 98
Duck-foot paddles, 7, 27, 207
Dudgeon, Messrs. J. & W., ships and engines by, 108, 184, 186, 234, 264, 265, 322; expansion engines and screw propellers, 256; first apply twin-
screws, 325
Duncan, R (shipbuilder), 151
Dundas, Lord, 28, 57, 59
Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Co., 87
Dundonald, Lord, 127, 129
Dundrum Bay, Great Britain ashore, 225
Dupuy de Lome, M., 320
Durham, Capt., 264
Dutch steamers, 76
Dynamite gun, 339
East, communication between England and the, 164
East India Co. and steamers to India, 166; inefficiency of service, 176; services, 180, 181; iron ships for, 317
East Indiamen with auxiliary steam, 167
Eastern Archipelago Co , 235
Eastern Navigation Co , and the Great Eastern, 270 et seq
Eckford, Henry, naval architect, 42
Edinburgh and Leith Shipping Co., 84
Edinburgh-London service, 81; by sea, 84
Edward VII., yachts of, 371
Egyptian royal yachts (Khedive’s), 372, 374
Elbing-Schichau Works, 303
Elder, Alexander, 299
Elder, Dempster & Co., 262, 298, 299
Elder, John, 229
Elder, John, & Co , Govan, 108, 109, 249, 250, 251, 282, 306
Electric lighting on steamers, 242; incandescent lamps, 281
Ellerman Line, 291
Ellice, Mr. Edward, and Chilian independence, 128
Emigrant traffic to America, 238
Engines: compound, 185, 187, 261; of earliest boats, 199 et seq.; gas vacuum, 211; Ogden’s, 219; multiple-expansion, 229, 256, 306; reciprocating, 286; triple-expansion, 296; high-pressure, 306; turbine, 307; reciprocating and turbine, 310; hot-air, 384; piston engine development, 387
English Channel Steamship Co , 377
English river steamers, construction of, 46
Ericsson, John, hot-air engines, 384; screw propellers, 170, 215, 218
Ericsson Shipping Co., 349
Ericsson’s Monitor, 329
“Etoile” engine, 210
European and Australian Steam Navigation Co , 184, 185
Excursions in early steamboats, 43
Exhibition of 1851, extra traffic from, 107
Fairfield Co., Govan, 96, 109, 301
Fall River Line, 46, 47
Falmouth-Mediterranean service, 176
Fares, passenger, under competition, 74
Faron, Mr., 158
Farragut, Admiral, 175
Fauber (American engineer) and hydroplane, 386
Fawcett & Preston, engines by, 144, 148, 177
Ferguson, Mr. John, 206
Ferry steamers for railway trains, 363-366
Ficket, Francis (Ficket and Crocker), 123
Finland ice-breaker, 369
Fishbourne, Admiral, 316
Fishguard-Rosslare service, 116
Fitch, John, as inventor of steamboats, 21; his ideas taken by Fulton, 23, 24
Fleetwood-Dublin service, 102
Fletcher, W & A , Co , Hoboken, 51
Floating docks, 352-363
Folkstone-Boulogne service, 106
Forbes, Mr. R. B., Boston, 170
Ford’s (Edward) patent of 1646, 8
Forenade Line of Copenhagen, 117
Fortanini hydroplan, 385
Forth and Clyde Canal, 57, 59
Forwood Line, 300
France-England, first steamer communication between, 72
Franco-German War, 115
Franklin, Benjamin, 21
Freeman, Mr , of Chipping Campden, 13
French Government, experiments in warships, 338; and Crimean War transports, 240
French steamers entering British ports, 76
French Transatlantic Co , 115
Fulton, Robert, as inventor of steamboats, 19; and drawings of John Fitch, 23, 24; financed by Livingston, 25; his career, 25; experiments with submarines, 26; corresponds with Lord Stanhope, 27; steamboat experiments, 28; relations with Symington, 28; the Clermont, 30; list of his steamboats, 35; relations with Bell & Miller, 61
Funnels, four, 92; masts used as, 212, 218
Fyfe, William, of Fairlie, 66
Galley, Illyrian, propelled by oxen, 6
Galway-America service, 98; to Portland, Maine, 162; to Newfoundland, route, 162
Galway Line to America, 161-163
Gas-lighting experiment, 253
Gas-machinery propulsion, 340
General Iron Screw-Collier Co , 233
General Screw Shipping Co., 233
General Steam Navigation Co., 81-83; joint service with G.E.R., 117
Genevois (J A ) propellers (1759), 8
German Emperor’s yacht, 371
German Navy, 303
German shipbuilding, 302; State-developed, 303
Germania shipbuilding establishment, 303
Germanischer Lloyd, 302
Germany as a Naval Power, 339
Gibbs, Antony, & Sons, 227
Gibbs, Bright & Co., 226
Glasgow ferries, 366
Glasgow-Inverness service, 100
Glasgow-Ireland service, 100
Glasgow-Liverpool service, 100. See also Clyde
Glasgow, transatlantic service from, 237
Glasgow and Dublin Screw Steam Packet Co., 101
Glasgow and New York Steamship Co , 240
Gordon & Co., Deptford, 165
Goudie, James, 134
Graham, Osbourne, & Co , 349
Grand Trunk Railway, 255
Gray, Wm., & Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool, 347
Gray’s (McFarlane) steam steering gear, 241
Grayson & Leadley, Liverpool, 73
Great Central Railway Co ’s steamers, 118
Great Eastern Railway Co.’s steamers, 116-118
Great Western Railway Co.’s service to the Channel Islands, 112; other services, 116
Great Western Steamship Co formed, 138; and American mails, 150; and ocean screw steamer, 220
Green, F., & Co., 294
Green, R. & H., & Co., 167, 234, 295, 373
Griffiths, John Wm , 339
Griffith’s propeller, 245
Grimsby-Continent service, 118
Guion, Mr S B , founds the Guion Line, 247; progress of the line, 248-251; death of Mr Guion and line dissolved, 251
Gurley Bros., 108
Hamburg floating dock, 362
Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 267, 302, 305-306
Hamburg Reiherstieg Shipbuilding Works, 302, 303
Hamilton, William, & Co., Ltd., Port Glasgow, 348
Harland & Wolff, ships built by, 252, 289, 293, 297, 305
Harnden & Co., Boston, 155
Harroway and Dixon cantilever framed steamers, 346
Harwich-Antwerp service, 117
Harwich-Esbjerg service, 117
Harwich-Hook of Holland service, 117
Harwich-Rotterdam service, 117
Havana floating dock, 353
Hawthorn, engine by, 212
Hendersons of Glasgow, 264
Hepworth, Mr John, 382
Hero of Alexandria and steam, 9
Heysham Harbour, 121
Heysham-Isle of Man service, 121
Hodgson, James, Liverpool, on cost of iron ships, 230; introduces tubular iron vessels, 235
Hogg & Co., New York, 172
Hogging and sagging, 46, 194, 268
Hogging frame, Stevens’, 46, 194
Hollar’s submarine (1653), 375
Holyhead-Dublin service, 72, 103, 110
Holyhead-Greenore service, 120
Holyhead-Kingstown service, 204
Hong-Kong-Sans Francisco, White Star service, 243
Hong-Kong-Shanghai service, 203
Hook of Holland, 117
Horseley & Co., Tipton, 110
Horseley Iron Works, 195
Hough, Samuel, & Co , 100
Howden’s forced draught, 366
Howell’s “homogeneous metal,” 279
Huddart, Parker & Co. Proprietary, Ltd., 97
Hudson River steamboats, 25, 29, 30, 47; screw boats, 207
Hudson River Day Line, 49
Hulls, double, 270, 347, 375; triple, 388
Hulls, Jonathan, as inventor of the steamboat, 12
Humber, Continental service from the, 118
Hunt, Seth, of Louisiana, 45
Hydraulic propulsion, 321-325
Hydrocurve, 385
Hydroplan, 385
Hydroplane, 386
Iceberg, Guion liner’s escape from, 250
Ice-breaking steamers, 367-371
Imperial Direct West India Mail service, 299
India, first steamer built in, 202; steam communication with, 164; Government subsidy, 164; purchase vessel, 165; mails to, 176, 177; traffic to, 184
Indian Mutiny, P. & O. steamers employed owing to, 180
Indian rivers, navigation of, 205
Indus, the, steamers on, 202
Inglis, A & J , Glasgow, ships built by, 86, 184, 185, 206, 374
Inman and International Line, 290-291
Inman Line, 237-243; rivalry with Cunard Line, 240; absorbed by American Line, 256
Inman, Mr William, 237, 243
Intercolonial Railway, Canada, 255
International Navigation Co. acquires Inman steamers, 243
Ireland, early iron ships in, 196
Ireland-England, first steam communication, 71
“Irish Brigade,” 262
Irish cross-Channel service rivalry, 74
Irish mail, &c , traffic, 102, 119
Iron barge, experimental, 195
Ironclads, advent of, 320; without masts, 333
Iron ships: first on Long Island Sound, 47; first cross-Channel, 75; introduction of screw propellers, 97; introduction of iron, 191; length of, 194; suitability, 193; saving in weight, 194; proposal to build iron ships decided, 195; first vessel for commercial purposes, 195; first iron steamer, 195; growth of iron shipbuilding, 196 et seq ; strange vessels, 211; developments, 230; cost of iron ships, 230; tubular type, 235; first Cunarder, 243; Admiralty’s conservatism against iron, 316
Isherwood system of construction, 348
Isle of Man, Liverpool, and Manchester Co., 96
Isle of Man Steam Packet Co , 87-94 See also Man, Isle of
Ismay, Mr. T. H., 251
Ismay, Imrie & Co., 296
Jackson, Mr. W., 132
Jamaica fruit trade, 299
Jamson, Dougal, and the steamboat, story of, 62
Japanese engineers, story of, 203
Japanese submarines, 301
Japanese warship building, 339
Jersey fisheries guardship, 110
Jersey-France service, 112
Jesuit Fathers of Peking, “Memoires” of, 4
Johnston, Lieut , 164
Jointed Ship Co., 380
Jones, Sir Alfred L., 298, 299
Jones, Dr P , and single screw, 209
Jordan, J , & Co , engines by, 248
Jouffroy d’Abbans, Marquis de, 15
Kiel naval harbour, 303
Kier, Mr., engineer, 130
Kirk, Dr. Alexander, and triple-expansion engines, 296, 306
Kirkaldy, David, drawings by, 243; and hardening of steel, 279
Klawitter, Dantzic, 303
Laird, Messrs , Birkenhead, ships built by, 75, 119, 262, 279, 316, 317, 332, 334
Laird, Alex., & Co., Messrs., 100
Laird, John, of Birkenhead, and iron shipbuilding, 196
Laird, Mr Macgregor, 138, 261
Lake steamers, American, 51
Lange, Johann, shipyard, 302
Langley, Messrs C , Deptford, 373
Langtry Co , of Belfast, 74
Lardner, Dr., and transatlantic steam navigation, 137
Launch, Indian custom at, 202
Law, George, and American mails, 188
Leith and Berwick Co., 84
Lever, Mr., of Manchester, 162
“Leviathans,” 270
Life-boats as paddle-boxes, 79
Life-buoys, belts, &c., 78
Lighting of ships, 253
Lindsay’s boiler-scaling apparatus, 203
Little, James, & Co., Messrs., 95-97
Littlehampton, 108
Liverpool and tugboats, 341; first iron screw steamer from, 235; dock to accommodate American liners, 157; steam-ship companies, 77
Liverpool, voyage of the Elizabeth to, from Glasgow, 64
Liverpool-Bristol service, 100
Liverpool-Dublin mail service, 102
Liverpool-Isle of Man service, 87-94, 96
Liverpool-Kingstown service, 144
Liverpool-London service, 98, 99
Liverpool-New York service, 240
Liverpool-Philadelphia service, 240
Liverpool-Valparaiso service, 264
Liverpool and Philadelphia Steamship Co , 238
Liverpool, New York, and Philadelphia Steamship Co., 240
Livingston, Chancellor R., and Morey’s steamboats, 24; finances Fulton, 25; experiments in steam propulsion, 208
Livingstone expedition, steel steamer for, 279
Livingston’s “Historical Account of the Application of Steam for the Propelling of Boats,” 19
Lloyd’s, first steamer entered at, 100
Lodge-Muirhead wireless telegraphy, 121
London and tugboats, 341; shipbuilding, 233-234; City Corporation employees and the Watermen’s Co., 80; County Council steamers, 367; river steamboat service opened, 66
London, Glasgow to, first steamer, 66
London-Hamburg service, 117
London-Margate service, 70
London and Edinburgh Shipping Co., 83-85
London and Leith Shipping Co., 84
London and North-Western Railway Co ’s steamers, 119-121
London and South-Western Railway Co.’s steamers, 109-116; Manx boat purchased from, 93
London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Co.’s steamers, 106-109
London, Leith, and Edinburgh Shipping Co , 74
Long Island Sound, First iron steamboat on, 47
