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Author | : Al Miller |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Shipping |
ISBN | : 9780814328323 |
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Tin Stackers tells its story of the role of the U.S. Steel Corporation's largest commercial fleet.
Author | : Frank Boles |
Publisher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2017-01-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1628952806 |
Download Sailing into History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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 | : C. Roger Pellett |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2018-05-14 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0814344771 |
Download Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The whaleback ship reflected the experiences of its inventor, Captain Alexander McDougall, who decided in the 1880s that he could build an improved and easily towed barge cheaply by using the relatively unskilled labor force available in his adopted hometown of Duluth, Minnesota. Captain McDougall’s dream resulted in the creation of the American Steel Barge Company. From 1888 to 1898, the American Steel Barge Company built and operated a fleet of forty-four barges and steamships on the Great Lakes and in international trade. These new ships were considered revolutionary by some and nautical curiosities by others. Built from what was then a high tech material (steel) and powered by state-of-the-art steam machinery, their creation in the remote north was a sign of industrial accomplishment. In Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company, Roger C. Pellett explains that the construction of these ships and the industrial infrastructure required to build them was financed by a syndicate that included some of the major players active in the Golden Age of American capitalism. The American Steel Barge Company operated profitably from 1889 through 1892, each year adding new vessels to its growing fleet. By 1893, it had run out of cash. The cash crisis worsened with the onset of the Panic of 1893, which plunged the country into a depression that mostly halted the ship-building industry. Only one shareholder, John D. Rockefeller, was willing and able to invest in the company to keep it afloat, and by doing so he gained control. When prosperity returned in 1896, the interest in huge iron ore deposits on the Mesabe Range required larger, more efficient vessels. In an attempt to meet this need, the company built another vessel that incorporated many whaleback features but included a conventional Great Lakes steamship bow. Although this new steamship compared favorably with vessels of conventional design, it was the last vessel of whaleback design to be built. Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company objectively examines the design of these ships using the original design drawings, notes the successes and failures of the company’s business strategy, and highlights the men at the operating level that attempted to make this strategy work. Readers interested in the maritime history of the Great Lakes and the industries that developed around them will find this book fascinating.
Author | : Mark L. Thompson |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2017-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0814343376 |
Download Queen of the Lakes Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Queen of the Lakes is a Great Lake Books publication.
Author | : Richard J. Kruse |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael Schumacher |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1452970084 |
Download Too Much Sea for Their Decks Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Shipwreck stories from along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior and Isle Royale Against the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicles shipwrecked schooners, wooden freighters, early steel-hulled steamers, whalebacks, and bulk carriers—some well-known, some unknown or forgotten—all lost in the frigid waters of Lake Superior. Included are compelling accounts of vessels destined for infamy, such as that of the Stranger, a slender wooden schooner swallowed by the lake in 1875, the sailors’ bodies never recovered nor the wreckage ever found; an account of the whaleback Wilson, rammed by a large commercial freighter in broad daylight and in calm seas, sinking before many on board could escape; and the mysterious loss of the Kamloops, a package freighter that went down in a storm and whose sailors were found on the Isle Royale the following spring, having escaped the wreck only to die of exposure on the island. Then there is the ill-fated Steinbrenner, plagued by bad luck from the time of her construction, when she was nearly destroyed by fire, to her eventual (and tragic) sinking in 1953. These tales and more represent loss of life and property—and are haunting stories of brave and heroic crews. Arranged chronologically and presented in three sections covering Minnesota's North Shore, Isle Royale, and the three biggest storms in Minnesota’s Great Lakes history (the 1905 Mataafa storm, the 1913 hurricane on the lakes, and the 1940 Armistice Day storm), each shipwreck documented within these pages provides a piece to the history of shipping on Lake Superior.
Author | : L. Stephen Cox |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780472030637 |
Download The Cedarville Conspiracy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first Great Lakes history to expose the heroism, villainy, courage, and confusion surrounding the tragedy of the freighter Cedarville
Author | : Alex Roland |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 564 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0470136006 |
Download The Way of the Ship Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"The Way of the Ship offers a global perspective and considers both oceanic shipping and domestics shipping along America's coasts and inland waterways, with explanations of the forces that influenced the way of the ship. The result is an eye-opening, authoritative look at American maritime history and the ways it helped shape the nation's history."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : John Leopard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Railroads |
ISBN | : 9781610606257 |
Download Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This illustrated look at the history the Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railroad begins with a brief look back at its late-nineteenth-century origins in the Duluth & Iron Range and Duluth, Missabe & Northern railroads. The bulk of the book, however, covers the period from 1937-when those two roads merged under U.S. Steel-to today. Along the way, readers will learn about and witness the road's legendary early steam power, the evolution of its unique mining operations, its switch to diesel power in the 1950s, and its modern fleet and operations. About the AuthorJeff Lemke is the advertising director for RailModel Journal magazine. His photography has been featured TRAINS, Model Railroader, and RailModel Journal. He lives in Bloomingdale, Illinois.Hardcover - 8-1/4" x 10-5/8" - 160 pp - 125 color, 75 b/w
Author | : Eric Hirsimaki |
Publisher | : MSU Press |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 2024-04-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1609177142 |
Download Sail, Steam, and Diesel Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Water transportation has played a key role in the Great Lakes region’s settlement and economic growth, from providing entry into the new lake states to offering cheap transportation for the goods they produced. There are numerous tales surrounding the Great Lakes shipping trade, but few storytellers have addressed the factors that influenced the use, design, and evolution of the ships that sailed the inland seas. Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Great Lakes ships over the centuries, from small birch-bark canoes originally used in the region to the massive thousand-footers of today. The author also looks at the economics of vessel operation in the context of the expanding scope of the shipping industry, which was crucial in catapulting America into becoming an industrial juggernaut. The captains of industry and the sailors whose labor propelled the trade populate this account, which also offers solemn acknowledgment of the high cost paid in both lost ships and lives. Although they might not realize it, millions of Americans have owed their livelihoods to the Great Lakes boats, and this volume is an excellent way to recognize the importance of this regional industry.