Download or read book The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal written by Gerald Butler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, with Allied merchant and navy ships under the threat of German U-boats, the eastern seaboard was on high alert. The Cape Cod Canal, a vital waterway for commercial and military traffic, underwent a period of strict control, occupation, and defense. This pictorial history documents the activity during that time and the extensive array of weaponry and manpower brought to bear in coastal defense. In The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal, the abandoned foundations at Sagamore Hill and throughout most of Buzzards Bay are explored, as well as the weapons, devices, and personnel assigned to ensure the canal's integrity throughout the war. Although the responsibilities of the U.S. Army's Coast Artillery are a focal point, the actions of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the air arms of all the military services during World War II are also included. The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal documents the mishaps, collisions, and war-damaged ships in and near the canal, as well as the joint military protection forces and plans in effect during World War II.
Download or read book Military History of Cape Cod Canal written by Capt Gerald Butler and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, with Allied merchant and navy ships under the threat of German U-boats, the eastern seaboard was on high alert. The Cape Cod Canal, a vital waterway for commercial and military traffic, underwent a period of strict control, occupation, and defense. This pictorial history documents the activity during that time and the extensive array of weaponry and manpower brought to bear in coastal defense. In The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal, the abandoned foundations at Sagamore Hill and throughout most of Buzzards Bay are explored, as well as the weapons, devices, and personnel assigned to ensure the canal's integrity throughout the war. Although the responsibilities of the U.S. Army's Coast Artillery are a focal point, the actions of the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the air arms of all the military services during World War II are also included. The Military History of the Cape Cod Canal documents the mishaps, collisions, and war-damaged ships in and near the canal, as well as the joint military protection forces and plans in effect during World War II.
Download or read book Cape Cod Canal written by United States Congress and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cape Cod Canal Breaking Through the Bared and Bended Arm written by J. North Conway and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Cape Cod including the creation of the iconic New England landmark, The Cape Cod Canal. The cradle of New England's shipping doubled as its casket, earning the sailing route around Cape Cod the nickname of graveyard of the Atlantic. J. North Conway plunges into the character of Cape Cod, from its discovery to its chowder, and of the man who managed to cut a path through it.
Download or read book The Cape Cod Canal written by Robert H. Farson and published by Wesleyan. This book was released on 1977 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cape Cod Canal written by Timothy T. Orwig for Historic New England and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cape Cod was known as a ship's graveyard but the Cape Cod Canal, proposed in 1776 and built in 1914 became a vital shipping link and a marvel of engineering. For centuries, the shoals and high winds around Cape Cod turned its waters into a ships' graveyard. In 1623, Miles Standish proposed a shorter, safer passage by building a canal linking Cape Cod Bay with Buzzards Bay, and in 1776, George Washington ordered the first of many surveys. All attempts failed until 1914, when the Cape Cod Canal opened as a private toll canal. The widest sea-level canal in the world, the Cape Cod Canal continues to be an engineering marvel, a vital shipping link, and a summer destination. These rare images from the Nina Heald Webber Collection at Historic New England survey the canal's development from unsuccessful building efforts in the 1800s, through its 1909-1914 construction, and subsequent improvements in the 1930s.
Download or read book Cape Cod Canal written by United States War Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-29 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cape Cod Canal: Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report of Proceedings to Date in Determining Value and Advisability of Purchase of the Cape Cod Canal, Connecting Buzzards Bay and Cape Cod Bay, Mass The cost of a guard lock, should one be required, is roughly esti mated in the report on survey at about and no detailed estimates of cost can be given in the absence of a decision as to the precise requirements to be met. The division engineer is of opinion that rather than to build a lock in the canal it would be better to suspend navigation in times of greatest velocities. The cost of a detached breakwater in Cape Cod Bay, also of doubtful necessity, is estimated at about to depending upon its length and the depth of water in which it is located. The least length of breakwater tentatively suggested is 1 mile, and estimates are given ranging from for a structure of this length to for one feet in length. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Cape Cod Canal written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 194? with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cape Cod and the Civil War written by Stauffer Miller and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11-26 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far from the glistening waters and gray-shingled villages of Cape Cod were the bloody front lines of the American Civil War. During this era, Cape Cod recruiting officers often urged soldiers to raise the right arm of the old Bay State. Learn about the Capes first casualty of war, Philander Crowell Jr. of Yarmouth, who was a member of the First Massachusetts Regiment; discover how local fishermen made money both by catching fish and by enlisting in the army; and read about the four bloody battles that caused considerable loss for Cape Codders. Join author and historian Stauffer Miller as he chronicles the untold and riveting history of Cape Cod and the Civil War.
Download or read book Attack on Orleans written by Jake Klim and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This true account of a German submarine on the Massachusetts coast was called “an action-packed page-turner” by Sen. John McCain. On the morning of July 21, 1918—the final year of the First World War—a new prototype of German submarine surfaced three miles off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The vessel attacked an unarmed tugboat and its four barges. A handful of the shells fired by the U-boat's deck guns struck Nauset Beach, giving the modest town of Orleans the distinction of being the only spot in the United States to receive enemy fire during the entire war. On land, lifesavers from the US Coast Guard launched a surfboat under heavy enemy fire to save the sailors trapped aboard the tug and barges. In the air, seaplanes from the Chatham Naval Air Station dive-bombed the enemy raider with payloads of TNT. This book chronicles the attack from the first shell fired to the aftermath, and celebrates the resilience of a small New England town.
Download or read book The Cape Cod Canal written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-10-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book of the history of the Cape Cod Canal.
Download or read book History Facts Of The Cape Cod Canal written by Rosario Olexa and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know? Complete The Cape Cod Canal history and facts, learn how it works and when it was built. The cradle of New England's shipping doubled as its casket, earning the sailing route around Cape Cod the nickname of graveyard of the Atlantic. The author plunges into the character of Cape Cod, from its discovery to its chowder, and of the man who managed to cut a path through it.
Download or read book Cape Cod Canal written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New England Division and published by . This book was released on with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Building of the Cape Cod Canal 1627 1914 written by William James Reid and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cape Cod Its People and Their History written by Henry Crocker Kittredge and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Military History of New Bedford written by Christopher McDonald and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2001-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accurate and exciting pictorial history will acquaint the reader with the seacoast defense of New Bedford. Fortified since the 1700s, seacoast defenses provided important protection for the New Bedford area. By the time of the Civil War, a strong granite fortress was under construction to guard the seaward approaches to the harbor of New Bedford and, later, powerful long-range guns were installed to protect the seaport. In The Military History of New Bedford, great care has been taken to identify more than two hundred vintage photographs of the harbor defense systems at all the points of Buzzards Bay, coastal fortifications, and the observation and radar towers from the Cape Cod Canal to Westport. The book identifies and explains the long-abandoned granite and concrete monoliths of New Bedford. It touches upon Gen. Robert E. Lee's role in the construction of the granite fort at Clark's Point (Fort Taber) and describes the impact that Henry Martyn Robert had in the area by writing Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies, later known as Robert's Rules of Order.
Download or read book World War II Massachusetts written by James L. Parr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-04 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 500,000 Massachusetts residents answered the call to military duty in the Second World War, while the rest of the state's citizens fought the war on the home front. Everyone in the family, including pets, found creative and essential ways to contribute. Thousands worked in factories, volunteered for Civil Defense, watched for enemy aircraft, and took part in salvage collections and bond drives, all while dealing with rationing, blackouts, rumors and a host of other wartime inconveniences. And while thousands of service members left to fight overseas, the Bay State also welcomed thousands more to serve on its military bases that were such an important part of our nation's defense. Author James Parr reveals the stories of these brave and dedicated citizens--from the famous to the ordinary--as they faced wartime challenges.
