FAIRBAIRN, William (Sir). Remarks on Canal Navigation, illustrative of the advantages of the use of steam, as a moving power on canals, London: Longman [etc.], 1831, 8°, FIRST EDITION, folding lithographed frontispiece and 4 folding plates of early steam vessels, including the "Lord Dundas," "Swift," and "Cylops" (slight tears to folds, browning at plate edges), drab boards (rebacked), uncut, Scott bookplate [not in Scott Catalogue; Maggs Nautica 899 & 2637]

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FAIRBAIRN, William (Sir). Remarks on Canal Navigation, illustrative of the advantages of the use of steam, as a moving power on canals, London: Longman [etc.], 1831, 8°, FIRST EDITION, folding lithographed frontispiece and 4 folding plates of early steam vessels, including the "Lord Dundas," "Swift," and "Cylops" (slight tears to folds, browning at plate edges), drab boards (rebacked), uncut, Scott bookplate [not in Scott Catalogue; Maggs Nautica 899 & 2637]

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Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874), one of the principal pioneers of iron steam boat building in England, built the first iron ship to be officially classified in Lloyd's Register. This was the "Sirius" launched at Milwall in 1837.

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