1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260 
*Coasterless coast
Page 197
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
The word "coaster" can be applied to a vessel engaged in coastal shipping, to a kind of bicycle brake, and to gentlemen formerly engaged in commerce in certain parts of Africa. Looking out over the momentarily empty Mersey estuary from the new depot of A. S. Jones and Co. Ltd. at Bromborough some of those present at the opening were asking how many coasters the parent organization, Coast Lines Ltd., still employs locally. So far as ships are concerned the answer seems to be "none" although at one period they ran into scores and it was quite a thing to take a holiday cruise from Liverpool to London that way. This pleasure is one of the things denied to us by the steady progress of road transport within the group. Of course, they are still in the shipping business, their routes from Liverpool and Preston to Ireland, and around the North of Scotland, being among those that come readily to mind.