Black Ball Line

Black Ball Line or Blackball Line may refer to:

  • Black Ball Line (trans-Atlantic packet), a fleet of packet ships running between Liverpool and New York, the first scheduled trans-Atlantic service, founded in 1817
  • Black Ball Line, a fleet of packet ships running between Liverpool and Australia owned by James Baines & Co., founded in 1852
  • Puget Sound Navigation Company, a fleet of ferries on Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia and Washington known as the Black Ball Line

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