In 1909, another leg was added to the jetty, to facilitate a railway line for the loading of timber onto steamers and tall sailing ships. |
In the middle the open water of the fairway is crowded with pinnaces, jolly-boats, cutters, and pleasure steamers. |
The steamboat agents inform her that they do not issue return tickets on West African steamers. |
These diesels solved the traction problem quickly and soon the little saddle tank steamers found their way to the scrap lines. |
I have included a rare picture, for this series, of one of the steamers just coming to land at Stock on the lakeside. |
When sailing ships were replaced by steamers and liners, the heavy ropes were no longer in high demand. |