![]() Then it was transformed again into a passenger ship for the Universal Exhibition of 1867, plying the Atlantic route.Īccompanied by his brother, Jules Verne sailed on the Great Eastern to New York in March-April 1867, with only a week on land to visit the city and Niagara Falls before returning home. After an unsuccessful run as a passenger ship it was used to lay the Atlantic cable, being the only vessel large enough to house the 4,500 tons of steel cable. ![]() ![]() The new era of steel and steam is best represented by the giant Great Eastern, 2 a hybrid vessel incorporating archaic features of six masts and paddle wheels with the modern features of five chimneys and propeller. Shipbuilding took advantage of the latest technologies, with steel gradually replacing timber to create larger, safer and faster ships. In the 1860s when Jules Verne started writing novels, sailing ships and steamships were competing to benefit from the developing trade in goods and passengers created by western expansion and the gold rushes all over the world.Ĭommerce opening, the sleep of ages having done its work, ![]()
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