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Book The New Metropolitan

Download or read book The New Metropolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Sailor s Logbook

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mark L. Thompson
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 1999-06-01
  • ISBN : 0814340903
  • Pages : 353 pages

Download or read book A Sailor s Logbook written by Mark L. Thompson and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thompson navigates the reader through the waters of the Great Lakes and his own life in this very special narrative.

Book All Sail Set

    Book Details:
  • Author : Armstrong Sperry
  • Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
  • Release : 2016-04-15
  • ISBN : 1567925731
  • Pages : 196 pages

Download or read book All Sail Set written by Armstrong Sperry and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who can love the spread of canvas and the bend of the oak and not thrill to the names of the great clippers built by Donald McKay? Great Republic, Sovereign of the Seas, Lightening, Star of the Empire, and Westward Ho — these names ring from an era when the windships were the queens of the ocean and sail was king. But the most famous, the one that most securely captured the hearts and imaginations of the entire nation, was McKay’s masterpiece, the Flying Cloud. Here is the story of Enoch Thacher, a boy whose father lost his fortune at sea, who McKay takes on during the lofting, building, and rigging of the Cloud, and who finally ships out on her for her maiden, record-breaking trip around the Horn. Accompanied by Sperry’s wonderfully vigorous drawings, this realistic and riveting narrative will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.

Book The Federal Reporter

Download or read book The Federal Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 2126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Book Railroad Ferries of the Hudson

Download or read book Railroad Ferries of the Hudson written by Raymond J. Baxter and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroad Ferries of the Hudson and the Stories of a Deckhand is a complete business, economic, technical, and social history of the ferryboats that were once operated across the Hudson River to Manhattan from New Jersey and that were owned and operated by various railroad companies in conjunction with their commuter and long-distance passenger trains. The work also covers the Staten Island Ferry (formerly operated by the B&O Railroad) and New York Waterway's present-day revival of services connecting with New Jersey Transit commuter-train services.

Book River Palace

    Book Details:
  • Author : Walter Lewis
  • Publisher : Dundurn
  • Release : 2008-08-18
  • ISBN : 1459712250
  • Pages : 267 pages

Download or read book River Palace written by Walter Lewis and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-08-18 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steamboats carrying passengers from Hamilton to Montreal via the rapids of the St. Lawrence were a popular sight in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In 1855, the Kingston, an iron steamboat built for John Hamilton, appeared in the Great Lakes. When the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) toured British North America in 1860, the Kingston became his floating palace for much of his time between Quebec and Toronto. While many steamboats claimed to be floating palaces, the Kingston truly was one. In 1855, the Kingston, an iron steamboat built for John Hamilton (1802-82), appeared in the Great Lakes. When the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) came to British North America for the first royal tour in 1860, the Kingston became his floating palace for much of his time between Quebec and Toronto. Many steamboats claimed to be floating palaces. The Kingston was. The Kingston was wrecked many times and survived spectacular fires in 1872 and 1873. Late in her career, she was converted into a salvage vessel and renamed the Cornwall. In 1930 she was finally taken out and sunk near one of Kingstons ship graveyards. There she remained until diver Rick Neilson discovered her in 1989. Today, the once palatial Kingston is a popular dive site and tourist attraction.

Book The Federal Cases

Download or read book The Federal Cases written by and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 2472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Public Documents The Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty Sixth Congress Volume V December 2 1839 In Eight Volumes Containing Documents from No 197 to No 278

Download or read book Public Documents The Senate of the United States First Session of the Twenty Sixth Congress Volume V December 2 1839 In Eight Volumes Containing Documents from No 197 to No 278 written by The Senate of the United States.First Session of the Twenty-Sixth Congress. and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 1154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sisters of the Sweetwater Fury

Download or read book Sisters of the Sweetwater Fury written by Kinley Bryan and published by Blue Mug Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1913, a powerful and dangerous storm descends on the Great Lakes — and three sisters find their lives transformed amid the chaos in this "superb, character-driven adventure" (Publishers Weekly). Great Lakes galley cook Sunny Colvin has her hands full feeding a freighter crew seven days a week, nine months a year. She also has a dream—to open a restaurant back home—but knows she'd never convince her husband, the steward, to leave the seafaring life he loves. In Sunny’s Lake Huron hometown, her sister, Agnes Inby, mourns her husband, a U.S. Life-Saving Serviceman who died in an accident she believes she could have prevented. Burdened with regret and longing for more than her job at the dry goods store, she looks for comfort in a secret infatuation. Two hundred miles away in Cleveland, the youngest sister, Cordelia Blythe, has pinned her hopes for adventure on her marriage to a lake freighter captain. Finding herself alone and restless in her new town, she joins him on the season’s last trip up the lakes. On November 8, 1913, a powerful storm descends on the Great Lakes, bringing hurricane-force winds, whiteout blizzard conditions, and mountainous waves that last for days. Amidst the chaos all three women are offered a glimpse of the clarity they seek, if only they dare to perceive it. Kinley Bryan's debut, a Historical Novels Review Editors' Choice, is inspired by actual events during the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, as well as her own family history. "This is historical fiction at its best" (Molly Gartland, author of The Girl from the Hermitage).

Book Tin Stackers

    Book Details:
  • Author : Al Miller
  • Publisher : Wayne State University Press
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 9780814328323
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Tin Stackers written by Al Miller and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tin Stackers tells its story of the role of the U.S. Steel Corporation's largest commercial fleet.

Book Awards     with Index Digest

Download or read book Awards with Index Digest written by United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Canadian Railway and Marine World

Download or read book Canadian Railway and Marine World written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Voyages  the Age of Engines

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  • Author : Joshua M. Smith
  • Publisher : University Press of Florida
  • Release : 2009-02-22
  • ISBN : 0813040779
  • Pages : 731 pages

Download or read book Voyages the Age of Engines written by Joshua M. Smith and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2009-02-22 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended as a text for college and advanced high school students, Voyages covers the entirety of the American maritime experience, from the discovery of the continent to the present. Published in cooperation with the National Maritime Historical Society, the selections chosen for this anthology of primary texts and images place equal emphasis on the ages of sail and steam, on the Atlantic and Pacific, on the Gulf Coasts and the Great Lakes, and on the high seas and inland rivers. The texts have been chosen to provide students with interesting, usable, and historically significant documents that will prompt class discussion and critical thinking. In each case, the material is linked to the larger context of American history, including issues of gender, race, power, labor, and the environment.

Book The Seamen s Bill

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1914
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1164 pages

Download or read book The Seamen s Bill written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Seamen s Journal

Download or read book The Seamen s Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sailing into History

Download or read book Sailing into History written by Frank Boles and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.