Two major things happened for Thanet in 1815, one was the Napoleonic wars ended and the other was the first paddle steamers started a regular service from London to Margate.
Ramsgate
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| Ramsgate in 1817 by Henry Moses |
Apart from the two Henry Moses pictures that I have labelled all the rest and the pages of text come from the book Delineations Historical and Topographical of the Isle of Thanet 1817 by Edward Brayley and were drawn by William Deeble.
So here is what this book has to say about paddle steamers
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| Ramsgate in 1817 by Henry Moses |
Margate
Broadstairs
As far as I can tell the paddle steamers didn't brave going around North Foreland to Ramsgate until a few years later, I imagine there would have been too many cancelations due to rough weather.
These early paddle steamers where to some extent experimental vessels with passengers taking something of a risk.
Out of this developed a relable four hour paddle steamer service making Thanet much easier to get to than Brighton and the other south coast towns, until the coming of the railways.
Here at Michaels Bookshop in Ramsgate we are starting to see summer local history customers who come from other parts of the world, but have Thanet connection. We have bought a new and better definition printer which has improved the image quality in the local books.
On the rest of the books, mostly secondhand and cheaper than you can buy a similar copy online here is the link the latest books we have had come in
