Seine River Steamers The Élise was the first steam ship to cross the English Channel. She was bought in England 1814 by Pierre Andriel as" Margery", and renamed "Élise". Andriel intended to accomplish a spectacular crossing of the Channel to convince public opinion that steam ships could be ocean-worthy. She sailed up the Seine and arrived in Paris on 28 March, becoming a popular sensation. Two small saluting guns were mounted at the bow and fired in honour of Louis XVIII Early tugs used chains in the river to tow trains of barges up river. The low steam pressure and low power of
River systems of Thailand Park, Kaeng Krachan District and flows through Tha Yang, Ban Lat, Mueang Phetchaburi and empties into the Bay of Bangkok in Ban Laem District. It is long, most of which is in Phetchaburi Province. The Mae Klong River is a river in western Thailand. The river begins at the confluence of the Khwae Noi or Khwae Sai Yok and the Khwae Yai River or Khwae Si Sawat in Kanchanaburi, passes through Ratchaburi Province and empties into the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Songkhram. The Pran Buri River is in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, on the Kra Isthmus of the Malay