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Sunday 20 October 2013

The building of a Dutch steamboat at Rotterdam according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 6 September 1837

According to the newspaper Rotterdamsche Courant was last Saturday [2 September?] with success at the yard of the Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Maatschappij at Fijenoord a completely iron-built steamboat launched built for own account. Her dimensions were 69 x 9 el 41 duim and fitted out with more as 400 hp engines built in her own factory. This was all ready the third steamboat they built.