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- Clyde_steamer abstract "The era of the Clyde steamer in Scotland began in August 1812 with the very first successful commercial steamboat service in Europe, when Henry Bell's Comet began a passenger service on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock. The Comet undertook her official trial run on 6 August 1812. Henry Bell himself was on board along with John Robertson, maker of Comet's engine and William McKenzie, formerly a schoolmaster in Helensburgh, acting as skipper. According to the Glasgow Courier newspaper two days later, the journey was completed in three and a half hours. After this success, other operators sprang up in competition and the Firth of Clyde became immensely popular with holidaymakers. By 1900 there were over 300 Clyde Steamers operating and going doon the watter was still in full swing in the early 1960s. Then competition from new forms of holiday travel brought the era almost to a close, but PS Waverley continues to provide the leisurely delights of Clyde steamer excursions.From the outset steamboat services were aimed at holidaymakers, with a stop at Helensburgh bringing passengers to Bell's Baths Hotel. Within ten years there were nearly fifty steamers on the Firth of Clyde, sailing as far as Largs, Campbeltown and Inveraray, and the Glasgow Magistrates had introduced a five-pound fine for services running late to prevent \"the Masters of Steam Boats, from improper competition and rivalship, postponing their departure for considerable and uncertain periods, after the times they had previously intimated to the Public\". Steamer services were also introduced onto the inland lochs, with the Marion appearing on Loch Lomond in 1816.With the rapid industrialisation and population growth of 19th century Glasgow great numbers were eager to be released from the grimy city on Fast Days and during the annual Glasgow Fair week, went on a cruise down the Clyde to clean unspoilt scenery. Tiny villages, perhaps with a stone jetty, soon became resorts with wooden piers and villas, hotels and public houses. Local residents would let out rooms, and boarding houses developed. Established towns like Dunoon and Rothesay became major resorts. The wealthy built sandstone villas at places like Kilcreggan, Blairmore and Innellan to which they could commute daily, or weekly, during the summer.The first turbine powered merchant vessel, the Clyde steamer TS King Edward, was built in 1901. Her successor, the TS Queen Mary of 1933, was a floating restaurant on the River Thames in London until 2009.The PS Waverley, built in 1947, is the last survivor of these fleets, and the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world. This ship sails a full season of cruises every year from places around Britain, and has sailed across the English Channel for a visit to commemorate the 1940 sinking of her predecessor (built in 1899) at the Battle of Dunkirk. The 1900 steamer SS Sir Walter Scott still sails on Loch Katrine, while on Loch Lomond the PS Maid of the Loch is being restored.".
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- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Dunkirk.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Campbeltown.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Clyde_steamers.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ferries_of_Scotland.
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- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Firth_of_Clyde.
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- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Glasgow.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Glasgow_Fair.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Greenock.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Helensburgh.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Bell_(engineer).
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Industrial_Revolution.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Innellan.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Inveraray.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Kilcreggan.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Largs.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Loch_Katrine.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Loch_Lomond.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Paddle_steamer.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink River_Clyde.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink River_Thames.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Rothesay,_Bute.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Scotland.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink Steamboat.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink File:PS_Waverley_off_Greenock_1994.jpg.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLink File:TS_Queen_Mary_1981.jpg.
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Clyde steamer".
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Clyde turbine steamer".
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLinkText "River Clyde excursion steamer".
- Clyde_steamer wikiPageWikiLinkText "steamer".
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- Clyde_steamer subject Category:Clyde_steamers.
- Clyde_steamer subject Category:Ferries_of_Scotland.
- Clyde_steamer subject Category:Steamboats.
- Clyde_steamer type Type.
- Clyde_steamer type Ferry.
- Clyde_steamer type Steamship.
- Clyde_steamer type Type.
- Clyde_steamer type Vehicle.
- Clyde_steamer comment "The era of the Clyde steamer in Scotland began in August 1812 with the very first successful commercial steamboat service in Europe, when Henry Bell's Comet began a passenger service on the River Clyde between Glasgow and Greenock. The Comet undertook her official trial run on 6 August 1812. Henry Bell himself was on board along with John Robertson, maker of Comet's engine and William McKenzie, formerly a schoolmaster in Helensburgh, acting as skipper.".
- Clyde_steamer label "Clyde steamer".
- Clyde_steamer sameAs Q5137063.
- Clyde_steamer sameAs m.04js3k.
- Clyde_steamer sameAs Q5137063.
- Clyde_steamer wasDerivedFrom Clyde_steamer?oldid=689059077.
- Clyde_steamer depiction PS_Waverley_off_Greenock_1994.jpg.
- Clyde_steamer isPrimaryTopicOf Clyde_steamer.