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Freedom's frontier: from the ocean's depths to outer space, private entrepreneurs have pioneered world-changing technologies. What more could be done if government got out of the way?(Technology)
The S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamship carrying nearly 600 people, was seven days out of Panama when it was overtaken by a hurricane on September 10, 1857. Two days later it would be at the bottom of the Atlantic, along with the mortal remains of its captain, crew, and more than 400 passengers.
Commissioned five years earlier as the George Law, the three-masted, 272-foot ship had made scores of trips between New York City and Panama. Many of the 472 passengers on this particular voyage had traveled to California to seek their fortune in the Gold Rush and were returning with their personal fortunes. In addition, the ship's cargo bays contained roughly 21 ...
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