Genius Design: How the Tugboat Was Invented

In 1818 there was a technological breakthrough, it was the first time in history that a sailing vessel was towed by a boat. The invention of the tugboat was not nearly as straightforward as you would think - it played out over the course of nearly a full century as ideas were experimented and toyed with. In the end the tug boat changed the shipping world forever. Today we'll discover how tugboats were invented and why they are essential for docking, undocking, and preventing maritime accidents, keeping the shipping world moving.

00:00 Intro
01:21 The Idea
02:35 Docking
03:39 Steamboats
05:14 Richard Trevithick
6:18 Joseph Price
7:52 Tug
9:38 Jobs
10:41 Designs
11:58 Outro

Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

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