Great Western Steamship Company

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Great Western Steamship Company

British company

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The Atlantic Ferry
…Railway Company set up a Great Western Steamship Company in 1836, and the ship designed by Brunel, the Great Western, set sail for New York City on April 8, 1838. Thus began a flow of shipping that earned in the second half of the 19th century the sobriquet “the Atlantic…
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…Railway Company set up a Great Western Steamship Company in 1836, and the ship designed by Brunel, the Great Western, set sail for New York City on April 8, 1838. Thus began a flow of shipping that earned in the second half of the 19th century the sobriquet “the Atlantic…
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