This film has recently been issued as part of the Little Bit of History series. I had never heard of this story so hopefully you will find it interesting. It happened at a time when steam powered boats were being introduced to carry passengers and cargo to compete with horse drawn transport. It all happened at Foundry Bridge on Riverside on 4th April 1817 with 22 passengers onboard heading out on the 27 mile trip to Great Yarmouth. But where did the boat explode? How many were killed and how many survived? Who owned the steam packet that exploded and what was his penance? What do they think caused the explosion and what action was taken by the House of Commons? To answer these questions and find out more information, please select the following link and press play, you may need to move the red bar back to the start and you can always give the film a thumbs up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1yh0Qtw0hw&t=5s
Here is a written article to supplement the above film.
https://norfolktalesmyths.com/2019/04/07/norwich-steam-packet-explosion-1817/
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