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The resource powered steamships, heated homes, and supported metal production through coking processes.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Even with steamships, information had taken two weeks to get from Europe to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Indeed, history is filled with examples of this, from the medieval Black Death hitchhiking along the Silk Road to the “Russian flu” pandemic of the late 19th century that was accelerated by trains and steamships.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

The Britannic was the third of the White Star Line company's Olympic class of steamships, along with the RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

All ships were steamships and these old steamers would take on hundreds and often thousands of tons of coal in one go.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl