Author: Mark L. ThompsonPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814338356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
fleet that numbers fewer than seventy vessels.
Steamboats and Sailors of the Great Lakes
Author: Mark L. ThompsonPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814338356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
fleet that numbers fewer than seventy vessels.
Steamboats on the Lakes
Author: Maurice D. SmithPublisher: James Lorimer & Company
ISBN: 9781550288858
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Filled with rich illustrations, discover how steamships shaped the people and places of 19th century Ontario In the nineteenth century, steamships ruled the Great Lakes and rivers of Upper Canada (now Ontario). Powered by ever-evolving engines that helped them defy the forces of wind and waves governing the progress of a sailing ship, steamships sped up not only the transportation of passengers and goods throughout the province but its very settlement and growth. In Steamboats on the Lakes, marine historian Maurice D. Smith brings together technological and social history. From the story of the building of the first Ontario steamship in 1816, the Frontenac, and its successors that carried vital supplies into and rich resources out of growing communities, to the fire on board the passenger ship Noronic in 1949 -- an event that marked the beginning of the end for the steamboat era -- and the preservation of the Segwun, Smith shows us the range and colour of these magnificent vessels' history. With a rich collection of paintings, photographs, and other illustrations from museums and archives across Ontario, Steamboats on the Lakes tells the unique story of the boats, the dangerous waters they plied, and the daring entrepreneurs and hardy sailors who navigated the many rough and glorious passages of the steamships' heyday.
Steamboats on Keuka Lake
Author: Richard S. MacAlpinePublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625853378
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The grand age of steamboats on Keuka Lake began in 1835 and was vital to the development of the region. The boats carried excursionists--Victorian tourists--to the resorts and cottages that lined the lakeshore. The communities of Penn Yan, Hammondsport and Branchport that anchor the three branches of the Y-shaped lake flourished. This prosperity helped grow the area's grape and wine production that is so celebrated today. Though the last steamboats were taken out of service in 1915, the romance and nostalgia of the period are preserved in tales of glamorous steamers, the people who worked and traveled on them, the resorts they served and the history they made. Local historians Richard MacAlpine and Charles Mitchell capture the stories, anecdotes and photos from this bygone period.
The Steamboats of Lake Champlain, 1809-1930
Author: Champlain Transportation CompanyPublisher: [Albany, N.Y.] : Champlain Transportation Company
ISBN:
Category : Bookbinding
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Steamboats on the Lakes
Author: Maurice D."" ""SmithPublisher:
ISBN: 9781459326262
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
When Steamboats Reigned in Florida
Author: Bob BassPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"When Robert Fulton installed a steam engine in the side wheel boat North River Steamboat in 1807, the world changed forever. With this innovation, riversthe natural transportation arteries of the South - were opened as routes to transport travelers and goods to previously inaccessible areas. Today, the steamboat triggers romantic images of adventures on the Mississippi taken from Mark Twain. But the opening of the major rivers in Florida to steamboat navigation was vital to the state's development." "This history brings together the author's unique experiences traveling Florida's steamboat routes with the historical record of the innovations and explorations that led to the steamboat's reign as the preferred mode of transport before the dawn of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Proceedings of a Meeting, and Report of a Committee of the Citizens of Cleveland, in Relation to Steamboat Disasters on the Western Lakes
Author: Ohio Committee on Steam Navi ClevelandPublisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Early Great Lakes Steamboats, the Walk-in-the Water ...
Author: Harry Albert MushamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Early Great Lakes Steamboats, 1816 to 1830
Author: Harry Albert MushamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Lakes
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
The Steamboats of Lake George, 1817 to 1932
Author: Lake George Steamboat CompanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : George, Lake
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description