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Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes

Author: W. Bruce Bowlus

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0786486554

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.

Transportation of Iron Ore, Limestone, and Bituminous Coal on the Great Lakes Waterway System with Projections to 1995

Author: James H. Aase

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 76

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Transportation as a Factor in the Future of Lake Superior District Iron Ores

Author: Wilbert G. Fritz

Publisher:

Published: 1971

Total Pages: 44

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Transportation of Iron Ore on the Great Lakes by Canadian Vessels

Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

Publisher:

Published: 1941

Total Pages: 24

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Iron Fleet

Author: George J. Joachim

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780814324790

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Iron Fleet focuses on the vital role played by the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II. George J. Joachim examines how the industry met the unprecedented demand for the shipment of raw materials to meet production quotas during the war, when failure to do so would have had disastrous consequences for the nation's defense effort. Steel production was crucial to the American war effort, and the bulk shippers of the lakes supplied virtually all of the iron ore necessary to produce the steel. In describing the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry during World War II, Joachim also explores the use of Great Lakes shipyards for the production of salt water civilian and military vessels, the role of the Great Lakes passenger ships in providing vacation opportunities for war workers, and the extensive measures taken to to safeguard the Soo Locks and other potential targets from sabotage.