Maritime industries delayed abandoning sail power long after steamships were successfully demonstrated
Historical studies demonstrate that maritime industries experienced a gradual, prolonged transition from sail to steam power, persisting long after steamships were initially proven viable.
The retrieved historical research (papers 1, 7, and 8) consistently documents the multi-decade transition from sail to steam navigation spanning the latter half of the 19th century into the early 20th century, supporting the claim that maritime industries delayed fully abandoning sail long after the introduction of steam.
A. Delis. Seafaring Lives at the crossroads of Mediterranean maritime history. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0843871420924240
Paper [1] examines the historical transition from sail to steam navigation spanning from the 1850s to the 1920s, illustrating the prolonged period during which this shift occurred.
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S. Palmer. Maritime Metropolis. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108699365
Paper [7] discusses the nineteenth-century transition from sail to steam as a major transformative economic era, reflecting the gradual pace of adoption in major maritime hubs.
Brandon P, Dondorp M. Nodes of knowledge, managing transfer: Shipbuilding and repair during the transformation from sail to steam.. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/0073275320971100
Paper [8] addresses the technological and structural challenges of the transformation from sail to steam, highlighting how the adaptation of shipbuilding and repair practices took place over an extended timeframe.
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