"Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920" by Sir William Bower Forwood is a journey through seventy years of Liverpool's maritime transformation. The book opens by looking back at the age of sailing ships, when Britain was a major maritime power, before the steamships took over. Forwood explains how shipowners used to be very involved with their ships, and how global events and new technologies changed the shipping business. The author compares the romance of sailing ships to the more business-like world of steamships, highlighting the challenges faced by those in the trade and how it all affected commerce.
Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920
By William Bower Forwood
Witness a bygone era of majestic sailing ships give way to powerful steam-driven vessels and a changing world shaping Liverpool's destiny as one of the greatest shipping cities of all.
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