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  1. Full Steam Ahead; Coming to America on a Steamship – How the Steamship and the Industrial Revolution Changed America.
    date June 22, 1852 to July 29, 1852map NEW YORK, New Yorktags Migration/Transportation, Economy

    On June 22, 1852, Edmund Patton took off upon a massive steamship from London on a voyage to America.  He noted the scene upon leaving within the pages of his book, “One of these noble ships leaves the port of London weekly; they are fitted up to carry several hundred emigrants, who are glad to leave Europe, in the hope of improving their condition in the New World, which offers a fair prospect...