. The ways of our railways . ve harbour atHeysham in Lancashire and commenced runningits own steamships between that place and Belfastand the Isle of Man, a fleet of four first-class steamersbeing provided for that purpose, two of which arepropelled by turbines. The Great Central is ownerof the docks at Grimsby and has a fleet of thirteenpowerful steamers trading between that port andAntwerp, Rotterdam, and Hamburg. The Lancashireand Yorkshire owns the docks at Fleetwood, andjointly with the North-Western runs a fleet of fivesteamers thence to Belfast and Londonderry. Italso has its own fleet
. The ways of our railways . ve harbour atHeysham in Lancashire and commenced runningits own steamships between that place and Belfastand the Isle of Man, a fleet of four first-class steamersbeing provided for that purpose, two of which arepropelled by turbines. The Great Central is ownerof the docks at Grimsby and has a fleet of thirteenpowerful steamers trading between that port andAntwerp, Rotterdam, and Hamburg. The Lancashireand Yorkshire owns the docks at Fleetwood, andjointly with the North-Western runs a fleet of fivesteamers thence to Belfast and Londonderry. Italso has its own fleet of five steamers between Liver-pool (CoUingwood Dock) and Drogheda. This com-pany has recently purchased the fleet of the GooleShipping Company, and has commenced to tradebetween Goole and Hull and a large number ofContinental ports. The Great Eastern has nine passenger steamersand three cargo boats trading between Continentalports and Harwich, where it has built the extensiveParkeston Quay and practically revolutionised the. THE EMPRESS DOCK, SOUTHAMPTOX, L. AND S. W. R. This phoiograth was taken at the time of the Joint Naval and Militap , 1904. and shoxvs some of the transports berthed.
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