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Steamship

technology Maturity 9-11

A steamship uses steam to move.

Great Western maiden voyage.jpg
Great Western maiden voyage.jpg
It has a big engine. The engine turns a wheel or a screw. This helps the ship go fast. It does not need wind. It helps people travel far.
SS Great Britain by Talbot.jpg
SS Great Britain by Talbot.jpg
Do you like big ships?

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Waverley at Swanage.jpg
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An aerial starboard quarter view of the...
File:Great Western maiden voyage.jpg
Great Western maiden voyage.jpg
File:F. P. Smith's revised 1836 screw propeller patent.jpg
F. P. Smith's revised 1836 screw...
File:DETAIL SHOWING THE STERN TUBE, PROPELLOR SHAFT AND RELATED EQUIPMENT IN THE LOWER MOTOR ROOM. NOTE THE WORM-WHEEL TURNING GEAR AT CENTER, AND THE KINGBURY THRUST BEARING IN THE HAER MD-133-14 (cropped).jpg
DETAIL SHOWING THE STERN TUBE, PROPELLOR...
File:Steamer Yuma as she struck the Cherry Street Bridge, Toledo, Ohio - DPLA - 171589ff78cc4f82c8c74d06483790d2 (page 1).jpg
Steamer Yuma as she struck the Cherry...
File:SS Great Britain by Talbot.jpg
SS Great Britain by Talbot.jpg
File:StateLibQld 1 133053 Agamemnon (ship).jpg
StateLibQld 1 133053 Agamemnon (ship).jpg
250821 P.S. Waverley engine room.webm
File:StateLibQld 1 132949 Aberdeen (ship).jpg
StateLibQld 1 132949 Aberdeen (ship).jpg
File:William Lionel Wyllie - The Oceanic (cropped).jpg
William Lionel Wyllie - The Oceanic (cropped).jpg
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Mauretania 1930s.JPG

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