Historical Maritime Transportation

Engravings depicting various historical maritime scenes, including bustling docks, ironclad battleships, and fishing operations. The images capture the essence of 19th-century maritime industry.

San Francisco docks, California. United States of America, drawing by Eustache Lorsay (1822-1871) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Spain, Basque Country. Biscayan mining industry. Bilbao estuary. Orconera loading docks in Luchana. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882. Author: Eugenio Vela (d. 1895). Spanish engraver.

San Francisco docks, California. United States of America, drawing by Eustache Lorsay (1822-1871) Trip to California, 1859 by Louis Simonin (1830-1886) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). "Lepanto". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the "Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy). Lepanto was under construction for nearly eleven years. It was laid down on 4 November 1876, but its construction still took almost six and a half years to complete, being launched on 17 March 1883, two and a half years after its twin "Italia". Lepanto was not finally completed until four and a half years later, being completed on 16 August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. It had capacity to transport a full infantry division. The illustration shows Lepanto with six funnels, although in reality it always had four. Probably it is due to a confusion of the author, inspired by original plans of the battleships of the Italia class. Drawing by Cortellini Sánchez. Engraving

Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy). ""Lepanto"". Ironclad battleship built for the Italian Regia Marina, the second and last ship of the Italia class. It was designed by Benedetto Brin (1833-1898) and built at the ""Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando"" (Orlando Brothers Shipyard), in Livorno (Italy). Lepanto was under construction for nearly eleven years. It was laid down on 4 November 1876, but its construction still took almost six and a half years to complete, being launched on 17 March 1883, two and a half years after its twin ""Italia"". Lepanto was not finally completed until four and a half years later, being completed on 16 August 1887. Armed with a main battery of four 432 mm (17 in) guns. It had capacity to transport a full infantry division. The illustration shows Lepanto with six funnels, although in reality it always had four. Probably it is due to a confusion of the author, inspired by original plans of the battleships of the Italia class. Drawing by Cortellini Sanchez. Engr

Fishing smacks unloading and depositing fish in the cars at Fulton Market Dock, East River, New York City, 1865

FRENCH CANADIAN LIFE, LIGHT-SHIP ON THE ST. LAWRENCE, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

Philadelphia from the New South-Street Bridge by unknown artist

WRECK OF ' THE SEVERN' STEAMER, NEWPORT-BRIDGE.

THE HARBOUR-MOUTH, COBOURG, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

Evacuation of Fort Moultrie, and burning of the gun carriages, on Sullivan's Island, Charleston Harbor, S.C. | Library of Congress

'A quay', San Francisco, California, 19th century. Artist: Unknown

The Prince of Wales in Canada - his Royal Highness escorted to Montreal by a fleet of lake and up-river steamers.

Ships in Castigneau dock, Toulon military port, France, illustration by Provost from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1178, Volume XLVI, September 23, 1865.

Überfahrt eines in zwei Teile getrennten Schiff über den Ontariosee, 1880, Amerika, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904126

The "Great Eastern". Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Ships, Great Eastern (Steamship)

OPENING OF THE NORTHUMBERLAND DOCK AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE

The Clermont Paddlesteamer invented by Robert Fulton and built in 1807. It could reach a speed of 5 miles per hour. Date: 1807

LAUNCH OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM-RAM FRIGATE RESISTANCE AT MILLWALL

United States. 19th century. US Mail Packet Natchez steam boat sailing by the Mississippi river. Louisiana. Engraving.

Seaham Harbour, County Durham, England. Loading a sailing vessel with coal. The railway wagons were unloaded into the top of the 'spout' on the staithe or wharf. The bottom of the spout was positioned over the hold of the ship. Seaham Harbour and New Town were founded in 1828 to export coal from the east of the Durham Coalfield. Engraving from 'The Penny Magazine' (London, April 1835).

This illustration shows inventor Robert Fulton's first boat, Clermont, in the middle on the Hudson River.

Engraving of The Dreadnought Seaman Hospital

Netherlands, Weissenbruch, Isaac, Steamship, print, prints, height 50 mm, width 122 mm, Dutch, 1826-08-27 - 1912-11-13, print maker, printmaker, 1836 - 1912, paper, papier, houtgravure

'Troop transport leaving England for the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, at the outbreak of the 2nd Boer War 1899-1902.'

Haven of Hamburg, Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1896 print Tug boats sail in the foreground. Two sailing ships are moored in the background. paper harbour Hamburg

River view with a steamboat, print maker: Joseph Hartogensis, (mentioned on object), The Hague, 1854, paper, etching, h 50 mm × w 85 mm

THE NEW OVERLAND ROUTE TO INDIA

Terrible Enemy that lies hidden in sea. Here we see a submarine in actual war. It is attacking a battleship, and has just struck the great vessel with a torpedo. But the battleship is unable to reply, for the mysterious submarine is hurling its death-dealing missiles beneath the waves, quite out of sight of its opponent. The artist has drawn the submarine in sections to show what the inside is like. When a ship is moving, a torpedo is never fired directly at her. A torpedo travels very slowly compared with a shot from a gun, and because of this, a ship could steam of out of danger if the torpedo were aimed directly at her. It is therefore aimed a little ahead of the ship, so that the vessel and the torpedo may reach the same spot together and thus the torpedo may strike the vessel and sink it.

THE EXPEDITION TO UPPER BURMA: TRANSFER OF THE CAPTIVE KING THEEBAW FROM THE STEAMER "THOOREAH" TO THE TROOPSHIP "CLIVE" AT RANGOON, DEC. 6, 1886

Mobile vertical lift bridge in Syracuse, New York. United States. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1883

Side-wheel steamer that operated between Sacramento and San Francisco from 1860 to 1875, USA, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date unknown, North America

ICHABOE, MODE OF SHIPPING THE GUANO

A race between the two paddlesteamers 'Natchez' and 'Eclipse' on the Mississippi Date: circa 1850

Engraving of the Roller-boat 'Ernest-Bazin' which began its trials in January 1897. Dated 19th Century

QUEEN'S DOCK, HULL. The Port of Hull is a trading port located at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in the city of Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It was officially named the Queen's Dock in 1855.The docks were renamed in honour of Queen Victoria's and the Prince Consort's (Prince Albert) visit to Hull in 1854. UK

Engraving of the Grand Canoe reception given to the Prince of Wales on the St. Lawrence. Dated 1860

Capture of the Propeller "Fanny" in Pamlico Sound by three Confederate Steamers while conveying men and stores to the Twentieth Indiana Regiment, 1861

THE DEEP CUT AND LOCK NO 1, NEW WELLAND CANAL, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

Spanish Navy. Gunboat "Eulalia", iron-hulled, "Pilar" class. It was built in the shipyard of El Ferrol. Armed with a 120 mm. Hontoria gun and a 25 mm. machine gun. The warship was laid down on 23 January 1882, being delivered to the Navy by Queen Isabella II in Seville, in a ceremony that took place on January 1883. After the handover, the new gunboat was officially tested in the Guadalquivir River. The gunboat "Eulalia" anchored in the port of Seville, Andalusia. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 30 March 1883. Author: Eugenio Vela (d. 1895). Spanish engraver.

Nathaniel Currier, Loss of the Steamboat Swallow While on Her Trip, from Albany to New York, on Monday Evening April 7th 1845, 1845 Loss of the Steamboat Swallow: While on Her Trip, from Albany to New-York, on Monday Evening April 7th 1845

The steam-boat raft of Commodore Boorhis, historical illustration, circa 1886

Engraving depicting the Zeppelin airship, on Lake Constance, named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917) a German general and later aircraft manufacturer. Dated 20th Century

Illustration showing the Cunard Liner Campania at the landing-stage, Liverpool. 1925

NEW SUBMARINE BOAT

A Midnight Race on the Mississippi. Dated: 1860. Dimensions: image: 46.04 x 71.12 cm (18 1/8 x 28 in.) sheet: 55.88 x 81.28 cm (22 x 32 in.). Medium: color lithograph with hand-coloring on wove paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frances Flora Bond Palmer.

Wreck of fishing boats on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea, caused by the 'galerna' (violent storm with strong wind), on April 20, 1878. Bermeo, Basque Country, Spain. Illustration by Rafael Monleon. Engraving by Rico. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1878.

'The British Gunboat 'Mosquito' composed of Floatable Sections, fro service on the Zambesi and Shire Rivers', 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 41. January to June, 1890.

Engraving of the twin-hulled, paddle steamer 'Castalia', September 1874. Launched in that year, for the English Channel Steamship Company, her radical design was intended to improve stability and sea-keeping. However the design was not a success and she was sold, in 1883, to the Metropolitan Asylums Board for use as a floating hospital on the River Thames. Date: 1874

The principal city of Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana), with a native boat in the harbour. Date: 1864

Engraving depicting Cleopatra's Needle, an obelisk from Alexandria being transported to England. Dated 19th Century

A bridge enables railwaytrains to pass over theSodertelge Canal, Sweden. Date: 1880

Alfredo Ximenez, Dock, c 1935 1943 Dock

THE CHILIAN TORPEDO CRUISER ALMIRANTE LYNCH.

Construction of the Tay Rail Bridge spanning the Firth of Tay, Scotland. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

The New Adirondack Steamer, Hudson Steamer. United States. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1897

At the wharf in New York, United States of America

Engraving depicting the lowering of a caisson into position during the construction of the second Tay Bridge. Dated 19th century

Steamer to St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1840

Illustration of steam launches following the crews in the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Dated 19th Century

USA Navy Steamship at the time of American Civil War

The passage of Angostura, Simon-Bolivar steamer navigating the Magdalena river, Colombia. South America. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey to Colombia by Edward Francois Andre, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Bringing a torpedoed Hospital SHip into Port during World War I

A SNOW-PLOUGH ON THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, CANADA

Dry dock in Erie basin, ca. 1880. Brooklyen. New York. Usa. Engraving.

The Royal Sovereign turret-ship, 1864. 'The first turret-ship of the British Navy, the Royal Sovereign, which has been converted from an ordinary three-decker into her present form under the superintendence of Captain Cowper Coles...In her run down through Stoke's Bay she made twelve knots an hour, and could, if prepared for a trial of speed, have made thirteen knots, with her guns, shot, and coal on board, thus proving faster than she was as a three-decker...The Engraving shows this formidable warship as cleared for action, with the bulwarks lowered...She is a floating battery of superior

Docks in Vlissingen port, Netherlands, Europe. Trip to the Zeeland by Charles De Coster 1873

The 'Gustave Zede' is one of the world's first successful submarines, performing 2500+ dives without mishap : she is the first submarine to be equipped with a periscope. Date: Launched 1893

Panzerschiff an der Schleuse von Brunsbüttel, 1887, Nordostseekanal, Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, Deutschland, Historisch, digitale Reproduktion einer Originalv...

Ram cruiser, SMS Empress and Queen Maria Theresa, historical illustration, 1880, Austria, Europe

The steamship Marion, on her way to New York with the wives and children of the soldiers in Fort Sumter - manning the ramparts and cheering of the men as the steamer passes the fort the parting salute from Fort Sumpter / from a sketch by our special artist now in Charleston | Library of Congress

'North Dock, Swansea', 1898. From "Our Own Country, Volume IV". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898

LAUNCH OF 'THE PERSIA' ('THE LARGEST STEAMER IN THE WORLD'), AT GLASGOW, JULY 14, 1855

On the Long Bridge, Gdansk or Gdańsk, Baltic Sea, Poland, Motlawa, Motlawa, harbour, wooden jetty, two-master, bridge, many people, walkers, historical illustration 1880, Europe

ILUST ESP/AMER-1896-TRASATLANTICO "ERNESTO BAZIN"NAVEGANDO-GRABADO. Author: POYEJ.

Engraving of the chain ferry in Portsmouth Dockyards. Dated 19th Century

Coastal steamers on the outgoing of the Northern Harbor

SEVILLA. VISTA PARCIAL DEL PUERTO. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. SEVILLA PINTADO.

THE PROPOSED SHIP RAILWAY ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA, 1881

Ships Mosel and Simson shortly before the bomb attack on the emigrant ship on December 11, 1875 in Bremerhaven in the harbor, an insurance fraud, historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, colored.

Regatta of the Harlem Rowing Association, June 26th, vol. 40, no. 1032, p. 336. Illustrations. 1875-07-17. General Research Division. New York (N.Y.) , Newspapers, Regattas, Rowing, Harlem River (N.Y.), Bridges , New York (State)

The Iron Steamer Harlan, Running between New Orleans and Galveston. Date/Period: 1866. Watercolor and ink on paper. Width: 90.8 cm. Height: 51.4 cm (sheet). Author: Henry William Frackmann.

A ferry boat (paddle steamer) arrives from England. Date: 1857

Railway Pier, Melbourne, Australia. Engraving, 1886.

Illustration depicting a paddle steamer on the upper Missouri. Dated 19th Century

Sinking of the Lusitania May 7 1915 drawn by Norman Wilkinson

Print depicting the transportation of the cables used in the Atlantic Telegraph. The transatlantic telegraph cable was an undersea cable running under the Atlantic Ocean used for telegraph communications. Transatlantic telegraph cables have since been replaced by transatlantic telecommunications cables. Dated 19th century

The wheeled boat Ernest-Bazin, France, illustration by Poyet from L'Illustration, No 2791, August 22, 1896.

Scene in the harbour Date: circa 1835

THE ACCIDENT TO H.M. INDIAN TROOPSHIP 'CROCODILE' AT PORTSMOUTH

Ships Moselle and Simson shortly in front of the bomb attack on the emigrant ship in Bremerhaven harbour on 11 December 1875, an insurance fraud, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured, Ships Mosel and Simson shortly in front of the bomb attack on the emigrant ship in Bremerhaven harbour on 11 December 1875, an insurance fraud, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, coloured

Steam driven armoured gunboat flying the french tricolour. Date: 1870

The suez canal in 1777, seen from the said port

Bessemer's design for a cross- channel paddle steamer is designed to reduce passenger discomfort by enabling them to stay level no matter how much the boat herself rolls. Date: 1874

Steamship entering the port of New York, United States. Engraving. La ilustración. Revista hispano-americana, 1884.

Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Explosion of the "Express" steamship in the port of Barcelona on August 17, 1875, due to the fire in the ammunition that was loaded towards the site of the Seo. Engraving by Monleo_n. "La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana", August 30, 1875.

The twin-screw steam-launch Ladybird, 1871. 'All who frequent the upper waters of the Thames must be familiar with the many and varied styles of steam-launches that enliven the river, and we now illustrate one of the prettiest and most successful of them. The little pleasure-steamer in question is 40 ft. in length, 6½ ft. beam, and, propelled by twin-screws, has a speed of ten miles an hour on a draught of water of 2½ ft. Messrs. Hedley and Farrow, of Poplar, the constructors of many of these vessels, have also just completed a craft for hauling nets in sea-fishing...Apart from purpo

An engraving depicting a loaded barge 'Susan' on the Regent's Canal, Regent's Park. Dated 19th century

Design and model of the new steamer America, for the western lakes | Library of Congress

Luz de luna en el Mississippi, "Great Republic". Museum: YALE UNIVERSITY, NEW HAVEN, USA. Author: Currier and Ives.

World War 1, Torpedo boat on outpost in the North Sea (original picture text from 1915, original colouring), Illustration, Reproduction from a 19th century original. Authentic, file restored for optimal use, exact date of original unknown, Historical, A warship sails on the sea with a plume of smoke

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