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SS Great Western, an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship, the first to be purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic

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Title:

SS Great Western, an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship, the first to be purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic

Caption:

SS Great Western, an oak-hulled paddle-wheel steamship, the first to be purpose-built for crossing the Atlantic. She left Bristol on April 7 1838 and arrived in New York Harbour on April 23. From The Romance of the Merchant Ship, published 1931.

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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive

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5296 x 3307 px | 50.1 MB

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44.8 x 28.0 cm | 17.7 x 11.0 in (300 dpi)

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