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Number 307 • fall 2018 PowerT HE M AGAZINE OF E NGINE -P OWERED V ESSELS FRO M ShipsT HE S T EA M SHI P H IS T ORICAL S OCIE T Y OF A M ERICA IN THIS ISSUE In Colonial Service: Johan van Oldenbarnevelt 8 The Remnants of Queen Elizabeth 16 Wind-Class Icebreakers: Part One 24 PLUS Black Ball: Kalakala: the The Steamer 200 Years Streamlined Boston of Strong 34 Ferry 42 1924 48 Thanks to All Who Continue to Support SSHSA September 20, 2018 Fleet Admiral ($50,000+) Admiral ($20,000+) Dibner Charitable Trust of Maritime Heritage Grant Massachusetts The Family of Helen & Henry Posner Jr. Heritage Harbor Foundation The Estate of Mr. Donald Stoltenberg Ms. Mary L. Payne Benefactor ($10,000+) The Champlin Foundation Mr. Thomas C. Ragan Leader ($1,000+) Mr. Thomas Donoghue CAPT and Mrs. James J. McNamara Mr. Howard Smart Mr. Barry W. Eager Mr. W. John Miottel Mr. Douglas A. Tilden Mr. Charles T. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Ferguson Dr. Frederick P. 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Meiczinger Mr. Preston Bryant Ms. Lauri Fine Ms. Kyle Ingrid Johnson Mr. John Merriam n (At top) Crew of Boston-Provincetown boat Dorothy Bradford in 1935. – Acores Collection, SSHSA Archives. PowerTHE MAGAZINE OF THEShips STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA MANIFEST • Number 307 • fAll 2018 THIS QUARTERLY MAGAZINE has been continuously published by The Steamship Historical KALAKALA Society of America since first by Terry Tilton................................. 42 appearing as The Steamboat Bill of Facts in 1940. THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, INC., (SSHSA) was organized in 1935 as a means of bringing together those amateur and professional historians interested in the history and development of steam navigation, past and present, and incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt In Colonial Service: THE PILOT HOUSE ...4 education corporation. Q&A WITH Johan van Oldenbarnevelt IN ADDITION TO POWERSHIps, STEAMBOat BILL .....5 by William H. Miller . 8 the SSHSA produces other books and FULL STEAM AHEAD ..7 publications of marine interest, a REGIONALS . list of which is available online and In Search of the Remnants High Seas ...........51 from the Warwick headquarters. of RMS Queen Elizabeth Mid-Atlantic . 55 SSHSA MEETINGS are normally by Kevin M. Anthoney .......... 16 New York . 58 held annually. Several local Overseas . 60 chapters also meet regularly. Wind-Class Icebreakers, Red New England & MEMBERSHIP in SSHSA includes Eastern Canada . .61 White & Gray, Part One subscriptions to PowerShips, the West Coast . 64 Telegraph, and Ahoy! Dues by Terry Tilton................ 24 Great Lakes / Seaway . 68 are in various classes, beginning at $50.00 for Annual Members. 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