When the escalators are broken at Cutty Sark DLR station, it's either queue for the lift or face 121 steps of the stairwell. Read the full story ...

It was the end of the era of sails. It was the beginning of the era of steam. The clipper ship Cutty Sark was one of the fastest of her kind, swiftly moving cargo from one side of the world to the ...

(CBS/AP) Queen Elizabeth II formally opened the Cutty Sark today, five years after it was devastated by fire. The famous 19th -century tea clipper was gutted by a blaze in 2007 during the early stages ...

The Cutty Sark remains the fastest sail-powered cargo ship to have ever traversed the world’s major trading routes in the late 19th Century. Behind this symbol of Britain’s global empire, is a much ...

During Prohibition, Capt. William McCoy smuggled Cutty Sark whiskey and other spirits to speak-easies along the eastern United States. Since there was no regulation on alcohol, the quality of spirits ...

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