Mcdougall S Great Lakes Whalebacks

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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.

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

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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 Dream

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Author : John H. Wilterding
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969

Mcdougall S Dream written by John H. Wilterding and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Whalebacks categories.

Fischb Chlin

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1589

Fischb Chlin written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1589 with Fishing categories.

Lake Erie Stories

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Author : Chad Fraser
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2008-05-05

Lake Erie Stories written by Chad Fraser and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-05 with History categories.

Most people think of Lake Erie, the shallowest and second smallest of the Great Lakes, as a sun-drenched, nearly tropical retreat. But it is so much more; mysterious, unpredictable, and known by mariners for its sudden violent weather and dangerous shoals, Lake Erie has been the stage for some of the most dramatic events ever to occur on the North American continent. From the earliest explorations of First Nations and French adventurers to the brazen rumrunners of the Prohibition era and beyond, this fascinating book takes the reader inside the remarkable personalities and harrowing events that have shaped the lake and the towns and cities that surround it. Based on thorough research, extensive travels, and firsthand accounts from the people who have lived, worked and made their names on the lake, Lake Erie Stories takes a fresh look at the history of what may be the most colourful of all the Great Lakes.

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.

Michigan History

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013

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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.