Steamboat and Railroad.

Steamboat and Railroad.

Scientific American

August 30, 1851

This article ties to the reading in The Lamplighter because the article talks about how much safer the steamboats were rather than the railroads. In The Lamplighter, Dr. Jeremy was used to riding on the train because there was never a steamboat, but since there was a new way of travel, he decided to meet up with Dr. Gryesworth. However, later in the novel, the doctors learn that the way of the steamboat was not as safe as this article would describe, and that they would have been much more safe if they had ridden on the railroad like usual. “Thankful were the party when they were safe on the steamboat” (ch. Xxxiv para. 3) because they were scared while in a dangerous situation.

Mikaela Extine

“Steamboat and Railroad.” Scientific American 6.50 (1851): 397. American Periodical. Web. 18 March 2015.

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