The City of New-York, belonging to the Burnside Expedition, which ran on the bar at the entrance to the harbor, at Hatteras, and was lost, was an American propeller of 574 tons, rates A 2 ...

Although the paddle wheel antedates the Christian ... the evolution of the steamboat was rapid. The first war steamer was built at New York by Robert Fulton. During the war of 1812, wben our ...

This Company intends to place on the New-York line a fleet of screw steamers, from Liverpool and London, of large size and great capacity, to compete in the carrying trade with the sailing ships.