| 21. | The French-language term " paquebot " derives from the English term " packet boat, " but means a large ocean liner.
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| 22. | "' Bristol Packet Boat Trips "'is a limited company offering public and charter excursions in Bristol Harbour and on the River Avon.
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| 23. | In 1861, the canal transported 1000 soldiers of the 114th Regiment from Norwich to Utica, in a flotilla of 10 packet boats.
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| 24. | However, in 1822 a packet boat was bought as a joint venture by several tradesmen, and a weekly service to Hull began.
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| 25. | Another conversation-stopper in the exhibit is a 1, 200-pound marble tombstone with an intricate carving of a packet boat crossing an aqueduct.
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| 26. | In 1897, the steam packet boat " Anna Wilson " leaving the aqueduct, collided with a freight boat loaded with watermelons, and sank.
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| 27. | Pip, Herbert and Magwitch row out to the packet boat, but are intercepted by the waiting police, tipped off by Magwitch's great enemy.
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| 28. | Passenger boats docked along the city's main thoroughfare and " packet boats " and barges transported cargo through the center of the city.
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| 29. | On June 12 the torch was taken on board a replica of a 19th-century packet boat and pulled for along Erie Canal by mule.
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| 30. | The formal opening took place in January 1829, when the " Governor Brown " was the first packet boat to go through the settlement.
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