411(a)(8) defines the term normal retirement age as the earlier of (a) the time a. participant attains normal retirement age under the plan or (b) the later of the time a. plan participant attains age 65 or the 5th anniversary of the time a plan participant. commenced participation in the plan.
A steamboat is a boat in which the primary method of marine propulsion is steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.Steamboats sometimes use the prefix designation SS, S.S. or S/S (for 'Screw Steamer') or PS (for 'Paddle Steamer'), however these designations are most often used for Steamships.he worst of all steamboat accidents occurred at the end of the Civil War in April 1865, when the steamboat Sultana, carrying an over-capacity load of returning Union soldiers recently freed from a Confederate prison camp, blew up, causing more than 1,700 deaths.
Clipper Ship Lightning  â an American clipper ship of the 1850s. A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century. They were fast, yachtlike vessels, with three masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, could carry limited bulk freight, small by later 19th century standards, and had a large total sail area.