The Norwich Steam Boat Explosion of 1817
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- A terrible and little known tragedy that befell the passengers of the steam packet The Telegraph in Norwich on 4th April 1817.
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Excellent story, with great pictures, about an otherwise forgotten shipwreck. Knowing a bit about steam engines and riverboats, it may be significant that the ship's boiler burst as she started off, when the demands for steam and increased pressure are particularly great. American riverboats had a bad record for explosions, fires and other disasters, but they seem to have been accepted as 'par for the course'! As an aside, a similar disaster occurred on the River Loire at around the same time - this one taking out most of the local town council who'd gone for a pleasure jaunt. The survivors promptly passed a law banning all steam powered vessels from passing their town - and this wasn't repealed until only a couple of decades ago. (I suspect it was quietly forgotten, the Loire being an important trade route.)
Love this guy's videos,he has a calm and collected way of giving us an insight into these fascinating historical stories. Keep up the good work sir, and thank you once again.
Thank you
Thanks for the video. I'm glad to hear that the accident did bring about changes. I think throughout the world there are numerous hotels called The Steam Packet.
Yeah It seems to be a very popular name, I am 99% sure the pub as no connection but I thought I needed to bring it up.
Thank you! I really enjoy your videos.
Getting here early for a video is like getting a fresh, crisp newspaper. Perfect 🤗
Without the hate speech and inaccurate articles!
Excellent! A forgotten disaster, that led to improved safety afterwards. Thank you!
Anothe great video. thank you, so much: these little known local stories are so vital to social history, and you are filling a very empty gap. Keep it up, because ther are superb glimpses into hidden history.
Those above the boiler were probably saved by the explosion energy bursting outwards from the poorly made boiler rather than upwards.
Great video as usual, thank you 🙂
Amazing story. To think that just over 200 years ago 10 year olds were working on building bridges and an array of other occupations I gather. An observation of the time, there wasn't much imagination used when naming children. So many John's and Mary's. And horses pulling ships up the river? Was it so shallow that one could wade through it to their destination!
At the time it was very popular to use name from the Bible so loads people were called John, Joseph, Mary, Paul, Eve, etc. Although parts if that River are pretty shallow anyway the horses would be up on the bank walking along side the river.
And that was a most excellent video, thank you❤️
Fascinating, thank you. Never heard about this before and I know a fair bit about Norwich history.
I’m so glad I subscribed to your channel ,it’s so interesting . Thank you
Thank you and welcome
I very much enjoy your channel, that's the reason I subscribed, btw thank you Sir!!!🙏👌🦉❣️
Thank you
the steam packet pub a lasting reminder to your vidio
Another great video. Thanks for posting.
How very Tragic!
Excellent, as always. How is the word 'Norwich' pronounced with the older Norfolk dialect? Being brought up in Essex I still pronounce the 'wich' at the end as 'ridg' with the accent of the 'g'. Thanks for sharing!
I'm not sure I have only ever heard it pronounced how I say it, although some with a stronger accent make it sound more like Narrwich.
@@alittlebitofhistory 'Naarwich' is how I recall it from my many visits to the area. (In fact I lived there for a couple of years some while back).
Good vid btw.
It seems likely that many more died post injury from any of a number of complications from traumatic injuries of this type in this era.
Thank you for anoher great video. I was wondering if steam-driven paddle-steamers were ever used on the Broads or around the coast of Norfolk or Suffolk?
I hope to see Suffolk videos around soon.
I'm not sure if there were any historically there is a modern mock up one that gives tours now but its not a real steam ship, I will have to look into it and find out. I don't really keep a schedule of what will be covered week to week but there is going to be what I hope is a really good video on one of Suffolk's most infamous sons at the end of Oct.
@@alittlebitofhistory I'd recommend Robert Malsters 'Wherries and Waterways' as a good place to find out more about steamships being used locally.
@@squidgeyblack80 I will add it to my list many thanks.
Yikes, your videos are not usually so grim, so I had my child next to me while watching, both in horror...just kidding (^_^) lol Great video, thanks and take care all. xx
Terrible time to live in!
I'm trying to envision a team of horses pulling a boat through a river???🙏🤔
The horses would have been up on the bank pulling the boat along.
Your awesome. But a bit too fast tempo in narration for me . So sorry . Relax a bit , back off the mic a bit and slow down a bit ?
Noted!
The problem in Britain is every tale involves London, London and some more London...see where I'm going with this, I'm pretty sure you're British and you were clueless, just my opinion Sir, for what it's worth!!!🙏😢❣️
That is a large part of why I started this channel to tell the stories from this part of the country, but at times it is impossible not to mention London if it is involved in what I am trying to tell.
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