Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

New Medway Steam Packet Co

From Graces Guide

Pioneers of the Thames day-excursion trade along with General Steam Navigation Company

1924 PS Medway Queen was built at the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co for service on the River Medway and the Thames Estuary. Delivered to be part of the "Queen Line" fleet of the New Medway Steam Packet Co based at Rochester, Kent.

1936 The New Medway Steam Packet Co was taken over by General Steam Navigation Co which gave General Steam Navigation a monopoly of the Thames excursion business.

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