The Galway Line

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The Atlantic Steam Navigation Company (colloquially known as The Galway Line)^[1] was a transatlantic shipping company operating out of Galway City between the years 1858 and 1864. It had seventeen steam-powered ships supplemented with auxiliary sails. Mechanical propulsion was by means of either paddle wheel or propeller.^[2]

Ships

SS Indian Empire
SS Antelope
SS Prince Albert
SS Propeller
SS Pacific
SS Circassian
SS Adelaide
SS Argo
SS Jason
SS Brazil
SS Golden Fleece
SS Panama
SS Connaught
SS Columbia
SS Adriatic
SS Hibernia
SS Anglia

References

↑ Collins, Timothy (1994). "The Galway Line in Context: A Contribution to Galway Maritime History (Part I)". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 46: 1–42, p 1. ISSN 0332-415X. JSTOR 25535634.
↑ Collins, Tim (2002). Transatlantic Triumph and Failure: the story of the Galway Line. Wilton, Cork: Collins Press. ISBN 190346420X.

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[1] Collins, Timothy (1994). "The Galway Line in Context: A Contribution to Galway Maritime History (Part I)". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 46: 1–42, p 1. ISSN 0332-415X. JSTOR 25535634.

[2] Collins, Tim (2002). Transatlantic Triumph and Failure: the story of the Galway Line. Wilton, Cork: Collins Press. ISBN 190346420X.

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