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Hull - Gainsborough Steam Boat

From Graces Guide

1814 October. Service running at 14 mph [1]

1814 December. Completed the return journey of 100 miles between seven in the morning and ten in the evening. [2]

1815 Referred to as the 'Caledonian Steam Packet' [3]

1815 Referred to as the 'John Bull Steam Packet' when completing the fifty miles in just over four hours [4]

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, Saturday, October 22, 1814
  2. ↑ The York Herald, and General Advertiser, Saturday, December 03, 1814
  3. ↑ The Leeds Mercury, Saturday, April 1, 1815
  4. ↑ The Lancaster Gazette and General Advertiser, for Lancashire, Westmorland, &c., Friday, July 29, 1815
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