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Author | : C. Roger Pellett |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2018-05-14 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0814344771 |
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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 | : Stan Bougie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Barges |
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1. Alexander McDougall and the American Steel Barge Company 2. The whaleback barges 3. The whaleback steamers 4. The S. S. Meteor, the last whaleback
Author | : Lane Leyua |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2021-03-26 |
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Whaleback Boats count as just one of the many stories unique to the Great Lakes. Duluth's Captain Alexander McDougall was an experienced Great Lakes seaman and ship's master. He conceived of this unique form of transportation in 1888, and by 1970 the last whaleback was retired from service. Although their time of active service was less than 100 years, whaleback boats made a lasting contribution to the maritime history of the Great Lakes. Capt. Alexander McDougall and his American Steel Barge Company built the curved-decked, snout-nosed whalebacks on the shores of the harbor, first at Duluth's Rice's Point and later in Howard's Pocket at Superior. The vessels were a radical departure, in design, form, and construction, from the standard shipbuilding concepts of the era but proved themselves more than capable as a number of the boats sailed the Great Lakes and the seaboards of America until the 1960s.
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Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1890 |
Genre | : Ships |
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Author | : Ryck Lydecker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Great Lakes (North America) |
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Author | : Antione Kenne |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2021-07-06 |
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During the last years of the 19th century, the Duluth Harbor, situated between the sister cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, was the birthplace of a bold and innovative, and a decidedly odd-looking class of Great Lakes barges and steamships known as whalebacks. Capt. Alexander McDougall and his American Steel Barge Company built the curved-decked, snout-nosed whalebacks on the shores of the harbor. The vessels were a radical departure, in design, form, and construction. This book is a good start for the topic of whalebacks. I would like to see it in a little larger format and with the addition of some line drawings or artists.
Author | : Arlen Halberstam |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 190 |
Release | : 2021-07-06 |
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During the last years of the 19th century, the Duluth Harbor, situated between the sister cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, was the birthplace of a bold and innovative, and a decidedly odd-looking class of Great Lakes barges and steamships known as whalebacks. Capt. Alexander McDougall and his American Steel Barge Company built the curved-decked, snout-nosed whalebacks on the shores of the harbor. The vessels were a radical departure, in design, form, and construction. This book is a good start for the topic of whalebacks. I would like to see it in a little larger format and with the addition of some line drawings or artists.
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 | : Neel R. Zoss |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738551432 |
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During the last years of the 19th century, the Duluth Harbor, situated between the sister cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, was the birthplace of a bold and innovative and decidedly odd-looking class of Great Lakes barges and steamships known as whalebacks. Capt. Alexander McDougall and his American Steel Barge Company built the curved-decked, snout-nosed whalebacks on the shores of the harbor, first at Duluth's Rice's Point and later in Howard's Pocket at Superior. The vessels were a radical departure, in design, form, and construction, from the standard shipbuilding concepts of the era but proved themselves more than capable as a number of the boats sailed the Great Lakes and the seaboards of America until the 1960s. All the whalebacks are gone now--either scrapped or sunk--with one exception. After sailing the lakes for more than 70 years, the last whaleback, the SS Meteor, returned home to Superior in 1972 and is now continuing its service as a magnificent maritime museum on Barker's Island.
Author | : Richard J. Wright |
Publisher | : [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Transportation |
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