Pioneers: First Steamships Across the Atlantic

1819 to 1860 — the paddle-wheel skeptics, the 1838 race between Sirius and Great Western, and how iron hulls and screw props conquered the Atlantic for good.

Playlist by @atlantic_steam_age

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. The Man Who Pioneered Steam Powered Ships — Progress - Science Documentaries
2. Sail to Steam to Iron - Half a Century of Change — Drachinifel
3. The Dangerous History of Transatlantic Steamship Travel - IT'S HISTORY — IT'S HISTORY
4. How a Trans-Atlantic Steam Ship Worked — Animagraffs
5. The Story of Steamships: From Paddle Wheels to Titanic | Steam Culture — WARE Boilers
6. The Evolution Of The Steam Ship | Great Liners — Big Ships!
7. The Liners: Ships of Destiny - Episode 1: Maiden Voyage — Darth Meteos
8. What Was It Like Aboard The First Luxury Ocean Liners? | Great Liners | Absolute History — Absolute History
9. The Maiden Voyage of Steam (Robert Fulton's "SS North River" aka "Clermont") — Part-Time Explorer
10. From Atlantic to Titanic | The Evolution of Ocean Liners Documentary Part 1 — Oceanliner Designs
11. Steamship Savannah Segment from "Savannah's Famous Ships" — Michael Jordan