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a floating boiler that shrank oceans and outran the wind that once ruled them

speed flexcrossed the Atlantic in days, not weeks
coal hungerfiremen shoveled tons by hand in furnace heat
Brunel's giantGreat Eastern laid the first transatlantic telegraph cable
blue ribandships raced for the fastest crossing prize
killed sailmade wind-powered shipping obsolete within decades
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