Cargo Carriers of the Great Lakes
Author: Jacques LesStrang
Publisher: Harbor House Publishers
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 196
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Publisher: Harbor House Publishers
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 196
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Frank Boles
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2017-01-01
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 1628952806
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Great Lakes create a vast transportation network that supports a massive shipping industry. In this volume, seamanship, cargo, competition, cooperation, technology, engineering, business, unions, government decisions, and international agreements all come together to create a story of unrivaled interest about the Great Lakes ships and the crews that sailed them in the twentieth century. This complex and multifaceted tale begins in iron and coal mines, with the movement of the raw ingredients of industrial America across docks into ever larger ships using increasingly complicated tools and technology. The shipping industry was an expensive challenge, as it required huge investments of capital, caused bitter labor disputes, and needed direct government intervention to literally remake the lakes to accommodate the ships. It also demanded one of the most integrated international systems of regulation and navigation in the world to sail a ship from Duluth to upstate New York. Sailing into History describes the fascinating history of a century of achievements and setbacks, unimagined change mixed with surprising stability.
Author: Marie McPhedran
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Published: 1952
Total Pages: 232
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Published: 1911
Total Pages: 238
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: W. Bruce Bowlus
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-01-10
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0786486554
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The availability of inexpensive steel, so crucial to the United States' emergence as a leading industrial power in the late nineteenth century, relied upon the rise of an ore transport system on the Great Lakes that would feed American industry as a whole and come to alter the face of the region. This detailed history recounts innovations in shipping, the improvement of channels and harbors, the creation of locks, technical advances in loading and unloading equipment, and the ability to attract capital and government support to fund the various projects. When government support was lacking, reinterpretations of the Constitution were introduced to justify federal involvement. These changes, which often functioned symbiotically, represent one of the key untold stories in the spectacular rise of American industry.
Author: United States. Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
Publisher:
Published: 1926
Total Pages: 542
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Marine Historical Society of Detroit
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 432
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Publisher: Seattle : Superior Publishing Company
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James P. Barry
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Michigan
Published: 1973-06
Total Pages: 276
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the Indian canoe to the largest ships, this fascinating book carries the reader through three centuries of marine growth and adventure on the Great Lakes. A classic long out of print, the volume is now available in this revised and expanded edition, which portrays the sweep of history on the Great Lakes through story and illustration. The fur trade, naval battles, the rise and fall of the great passenger ships, and the development of huge cargo carriers are portrayed in vivid detail. The history of the Great Lakes is seen through the eyes of the courageous men who sailed the Lakes as well as through the sharp eyes of travelers such as Margaret Fuller and Charles Dickens. The text, historic drawings and photos portray every vessel and event of importance in 300 years of ships and men on the Great Lakes.