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Auction: 17016 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 274

Bateaux à Vapeur en Fer sur la Seine, Action F700, Paris 1828, #35. The company was founded for the acquisition and operating of the first iron-hulled seagoing steamboat, the "Aaron Manby". This boat was built by English engineer and industrialist Aaron Manby (1776-1850). Manby was the founder of the Horseley Ironworks near Tipton in South Staffordshire. In 1821, he bought the engineering works at Charenton-le-Pont, near Paris (later famous Le Creusot ironworks). Here he extended his activities into shipping. In 1822, Manby obtained British Patent No 4558 for his "oscillating engine" designed for use in ships. That same year, he constructed in his Horseley Ironworks the "Aaron Manby". The boat was built using temporary bolts and disassembled for transportation to London, and again reassembled on Surrey Docks. Manby's plan was setting up a shipping line between London and France. The maiden voyage of the 120ft long and 17ft large iron steamer took place under the command of Captain (later Admiral) Sir Charles John Napier (1786-1860). In June 1822, the "Aaron Manby" arrived in Paris. It was the first iron boat that ever crossed the Channel. In 1827, the "SA Bateaux à vapeur en fer sur la Seine" was founded to buy this ship and to operate it on the river Seine between Paris and Le Havre until 1855. Decorative share with a steamer with paddle wheels. Embossing company stamp. Original signatures and eleven Dividend Stamps until 1837. VF.

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