steamship line

“In the weeks that de Lesseps planned his guest lists, Ismail’s Agricultural Society and his steamship line both went bankrupt, leaving the Egyptian government to buy up £3.3 million in shares.28”

Simon & Schuster: Three Empires on the Nile

“It’s our signal from the steamship line that all charges have been paid and the cargo’s ready to roll.”

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