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Mcdougall S Great Lakes Whalebacks

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Author : Neel R. Zoss
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2007

Mcdougall S Great Lakes Whalebacks written by Neel R. Zoss and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.

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.

Book Of Whalebacks In Great Lakes

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Author : Arlen Halberstam
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-06

Book Of Whalebacks In Great Lakes written by Arlen Halberstam and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with categories.

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.

Whalebacks

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Author : Neel R. Zoss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Whalebacks written by Neel R. Zoss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Duluth (Minn.) categories.

Mcdougall S Great Lakes Whalebacks

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Author : Lane Leyua
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-03-26

Mcdougall S Great Lakes Whalebacks written by Lane Leyua and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-26 with categories.

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.

Vernacular In Curves The Mythologizing Of The Great Lakes Whaleback

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Author : Joseph Thaddeus Lengieza
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

Vernacular In Curves The Mythologizing Of The Great Lakes Whaleback written by Joseph Thaddeus Lengieza and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with categories.

The "whaleback" type of bulk commodity freighter, indigenous to the Great Lakes of North America at the end of the nineteenth century, has engendered much notice for its novel appearance; however, this appearance masks the essential vernacularity of the vessel. Comparative disposition analysis reveals that whalebacks experienced longevity comparable to contemporary Great Lakes freighter of similar construction material and size, implying that popular narrative overstates whaleback abnormality. Market and social forces which contributed to the rise and fall of the whaleback type are explored.

Whaleback Ships Of The Great Lakes

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Author : Stan Bougie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021

Whaleback Ships Of The Great Lakes written by Stan Bougie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Barges categories.

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

Whaleback Ships And The American Steel Barge Company

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Author : C. Roger Pellett
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-14

Whaleback Ships And The American Steel Barge Company written by C. Roger Pellett and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-14 with Transportation categories.

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.

The Great Lakes

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Author : Kathy Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Chicago : Childrens Press
Release Date : 1989

The Great Lakes written by Kathy Henderson and has been published by Chicago : Childrens Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

An introduction to the five fresh-water lakes that contain one-fifth of the earth's standing fresh water.

Mcdougall S Whalebacks

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Author : Antione Kenne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-06

Mcdougall S Whalebacks written by Antione Kenne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with categories.

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.

Whalebacks Predecessors Of The Modern Lake Carriers

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Author : Patrick J. Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
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Whalebacks Predecessors Of The Modern Lake Carriers written by Patrick J. Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Whalebacks categories.