On June 20, 1819, the paddle-wheel steamship Savannah arrives in Liverpool, England, after a voyage of 27 days and 11 hours--the first steamship to successfully cross the Atlantic.
Quote Of The Day
"...they shipped the wheels and furled the sails and run into the River Murcer, and at 6 P.M. come to anchor off Liverpool with the small bower anchor." extract from the ship's log
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A painting of SS Savannah, 1819, by Hunter Wood, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org