Assertion: steamer | /r/CapableOf | take over the role of the many sail
Facets:
value: with at least 80 ferries
type: OTHER
value: steadily
type: MANNER
value: by 1830
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Until the arrival of railways from 1838 onwards, steamers steadily took over the role of the many sail and rowed ferries, with at least 80 ferries by 1830 with routes from London to Gravesend and Margate, and upstream to Richmond.