Engines of Empire: Steamships and the Victorian Imagination

by Douglas R. Burgess Jr. and Douglas R Burgess

In 1859, the S.S. Great Eastern departed from England on her maiden voyage. She was a remarkable wonder of the nineteenth century: an iron city longer than Trafalgar Square, taller than Big Ben's tower, heavier than Westminster Cathedral. Her paddles were the size of Ferris wheels; her decks could hold four thousand passengers bound for America, or ten thousand troops bound for the Raj. Yet she ended her days as a floating carnival before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804798060
• ISBN13: 9780804798068
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"