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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

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  • 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

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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.