Privillegija, dannaja Ober Bergmejsteru 7go klassa Karlu Berdu na upotreblenie parovych sudov, : s podrobnym onoj opisaniem i risunkami./
Baird, Charles,1766-1843.
Sankt Petersburg [St. Petersburg]. : V Tipografii Imperatorskago Vospitatel'nago Doma,
1818..
'Privilege' granted by the Russian interior ministry to the Scottish industrialist and engineer Charles Baird to operate the first steam ship in Russian waters.The text also includes illustrations of the ship Elizaveta, built by the Baird Works and launched in 1815. Baird had a ten-year monopoly on steamship routes from St. Petersburg, including the Elizaveta's run to Kronstadt. The St. Petersburg Times later noted that Baird helped "create a great industrial kingdom on the Neva River that is known today as Admiralty Shipyard (Admiralteiskiye Verfi), the shipbuilding company." The Library also has a privilege granted to Baird in 1825 for a steam-driven machine to sort, compress and pack bales of flax and hemp for transportation.
Elizaveta (Steamship)
Steamboats
Russia Saint Petersburg.