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As early as 1815 her steam craft plied up and down the Mersey ; from 1820 onwards her tiny steamboats maintained a regular service with Ireland. Later, the success of her Great Western cul- minated in the application of steam to oceanic navigation. The first grand Transatlantic vessel set out from her docks in 1838. . . . Unceasingly Liverpool has increased the size of her vessels ; to-day the United Kingdom possesses forty-five vessels of more than 4000 tons ; of this number thirty-three belon...g to Liverpool alone.^ Her mercantile marine exceeds two thousand unities (2108), of which the tonnage amounts to 2, 074, 928 tons. On the other hand, London can boast of 2735 vessels, with a tonnage of 1, 600, 000 tons. But included in the latter's total are small coasting vessels, nearly six hun- dred (571) sailing barques and more than four hundred (427) steamboats of less than fifty tons ; Liverpool's figures com- prise only one hundred of both descriptions (105 and 110). As regards the grand oceanic navigation, the equipment of Liverpool is unique in the world : — Sailing and Steam Vessels.
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