Ocean Steam Navigation Company

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The Ocean Steam Navigation Company (OSNC or Bremen Line) was a shipping company founded in 1847 in New York City. It operated the paddle steamer Washington, which ran the first regularly scheduled connection between the United States and mainland Europe. The company was dissolved in 1857. It was considered a predecessor of the North German Lloyd company.

Literatur

Herbert Schwarzwälder (2003) (in German), Das Große Bremen-Lexikon, Bremen: Edition Temmen, pp. 639, ISBN 3-86108-693-X

Rolf Böttcher (1997) (in German), Ankunft des Raddampfers „Washington“ in Bremerhaven 1847, Bremerhaven: Verlag für neue Wissenschaft GmbH, ISBN 3-89429-890-1

Dirk J. Peters, ed. (2007) (in German), Der Norddeutsche Lloyd – Von Bremen in die Welt – „Global Player“ der Schifffahrtsgeschichte, Bremen: Hauschild Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89757-360-4

Arnold Duckwitz (1877) (in German), Denkwürdigkeiten aus meinem öffentlichen Leben, Bremen

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Ocean Steam Navigation Company Wikipedia

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