Author: John Orville GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Namesakes, 1920-1929
Author: John Orville GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Namesakes of the 90's
Author: John Orville GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Namesakes of the 80's, Volume II
Author: John Orville GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes
Author: Mark L. ThompsonPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814338356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakestraces the evolution of the Great Lakes shipping industry over the last three centuries. The Great Lakes shipping industry can trace its lineage to 1679 with the launching on Lake Erie of the Griffon, a sixty-foot galley weighing nearly fifty tons. Built by LaSalle, a French explorer who had been commissioned to search for a passage through North America to China, it was the first sailing ship to operate on the upper lakes, signaling the dawn of the Great Lakes shipping industry as we know it today. Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes is the most thorough and factual study of the Great Lakes shipping industry written this century. Author Mark L. Thompson tells the fascinating story of the world's most efficient bulk transportation system, describing the Great Lakes freighters, the cargoes of the great ships ,and the men and women who have served as crew. He documents the dramatic changes that have taken places in the industry and looks at the critical role that Great Lakes shipping plays in the economic well-being of the U.S. and Canada, despite the fact tat the size of the fleet and the amount of cargo carried have declined dramatically in recent years. Spanning more than three centuries, from LaSalle's voyage in 1679, through 1975 with the mysterious sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, to life aboard today's thousand-foot behemoths, this important volume documents the evolution of the industry through its "Golden Age" at the end of the nineteenth century to the present, with a downsized U.S. fleet that numbers fewer than seventy vessels.
Namesakes, 2000
Author: John Orville GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Graveyard of the Lakes
Author: Mark L. ThompsonPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814332269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
A historically accurate, well-rounded picture of shipwrecks on the Great Lakes.
Queen of the Lakes
Author: Mark L. ThompsonPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814343376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Queen of the Lakes is a Great Lake Books publication.
Namesakes, 1910-1919
Author: John Orville GreenwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Michigan City Lighthouse
Author: Steven D. ElvePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439629943
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
It was the year 1904, and the country was again ready to re-elect former "Rough Rider" Teddy Roosevelt to another four-year term in the White House. The Panama Canal was underway and the nation was growing, opening opportunities for those who would dare to dream and turn their hard work into reality. For Thomas J. Armstrong, it was a new position as head keeper of the Michigan City Light Station. This new title offers a glimpse into Michigan City maritime history, from the storm of 1913 that left the lighthouse practically buried in ice, to the capsizing of the Eastland on its way to Michigan City, one of the worst marine disasters in the history of the Great Lakes. The light would guide mariners until its relocation to the Michigan City Lighthouse Museum in 1980, where it is on display today.Michigan City Lighthouse is a collection of over 200 vintage photographs and postcards dated from 1909 through 1920, taken by lighthouse keepers Fred Dykeman, Thomas Martin, and Thomas Armstrong.
Lake Erie Technical Wreck Diving Guide
Author: Erik A Petkovic SrPublisher: Dived Up Publications
ISBN: 190945530X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Erik Petkovic’s Lake Erie Technical Wreck Diving Guide is packed with tales of maritime disasters: sailing ships and steamers which foundered, succumbed to storms, collided or were engulfed in flames. There are ships which sank more than once, were involved in wars, slave escapes and catastrophic collisions, plus daring stories of deep salvage, valuable cargoes, submarines, experimental engineering and unidentified wrecks. The guide brings to life the rediscovered history of the ships, passengers and crews. Then there are the dives themselves. Some of the wrecks are remarkably intact for their age. Amongst the features which can be seen are wooden ships’ wheels, standing masts, rudders, propellers, portholes, engines, boilers and steamship hogging arches. Each chapter describes the history, current condition, location, dimensions, hazards and highlights of an individual wreck. The author’s original research, contributor photos and archive materials help bring these 19 enticing, challenging, rarely dived wrecks to life. ‘Meticulously researched, nicely composed, beautifully illustrated. I wish I had written this book.’– Gary Gentile 'Any technical diver considering diving on any of these wrecks should first read this one-of-a-kind book!’– Joe Porter, Publisher, Wreck Diving Magazine