How to Use "steamship" with Example Sentences

1. Chandler realised that " the railroad and the telegraph , the steamship and the cable " had made it possible for companies to grow to a vast scale .

2. This " steamship conference " , organised by the world bank at the request of a government commission , has become legendary ( although a bank report published the same year was probably more influential ) .

3. Several railroads operate out of new orleans , and passenger bus , truck , and barge lines transport people and cargo to and from the city . Regular express sailings by steamship lines also offer passenger - and cargo-carrying service .

4. In 1985 a chinese steamship , thebashan , chugged down the yangzi river , carrying an unusual cargo : ten foreign economists , including one nobel prize-winner , and almost twice as many chinese counterparts from the government and academia .