Author: George Swede
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453572392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Steam Tug is a historical read about the evolution of the steam engine and steam tug. Developed and patented in England in 1737, the author takes the reader to the end of the roaring 1850s in New York Harbor. It was not until 1807 that Robert Fulton introduced the first commercially successful steamboat the “Clermont” on the Hudson River in New York. In the early 1800s sailing ships entering the harbor would lie at anchor in Sandy Hook for days and weeks waiting for wind to power them into the harbor so they could offload their cargo. Due to the expansion of shipping and commerce during the mid 1800s, sailing ships realized that small steam ferries operating between Staten Island and lower Manhattan could tow them into local wharfs to discharge their cargo and begin loading domestic goods to distant ports abroad saving valuable time. With the advent of large clipper ships, increased commerce and advanced steam boats, would lead to the rise and birth of a new industry, The Towing Business.
The Steam Tug
Author: George Swede
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453572392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Steam Tug is a historical read about the evolution of the steam engine and steam tug. Developed and patented in England in 1737, the author takes the reader to the end of the roaring 1850s in New York Harbor. It was not until 1807 that Robert Fulton introduced the first commercially successful steamboat the “Clermont” on the Hudson River in New York. In the early 1800s sailing ships entering the harbor would lie at anchor in Sandy Hook for days and weeks waiting for wind to power them into the harbor so they could offload their cargo. Due to the expansion of shipping and commerce during the mid 1800s, sailing ships realized that small steam ferries operating between Staten Island and lower Manhattan could tow them into local wharfs to discharge their cargo and begin loading domestic goods to distant ports abroad saving valuable time. With the advent of large clipper ships, increased commerce and advanced steam boats, would lead to the rise and birth of a new industry, The Towing Business.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453572392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
The Steam Tug is a historical read about the evolution of the steam engine and steam tug. Developed and patented in England in 1737, the author takes the reader to the end of the roaring 1850s in New York Harbor. It was not until 1807 that Robert Fulton introduced the first commercially successful steamboat the “Clermont” on the Hudson River in New York. In the early 1800s sailing ships entering the harbor would lie at anchor in Sandy Hook for days and weeks waiting for wind to power them into the harbor so they could offload their cargo. Due to the expansion of shipping and commerce during the mid 1800s, sailing ships realized that small steam ferries operating between Staten Island and lower Manhattan could tow them into local wharfs to discharge their cargo and begin loading domestic goods to distant ports abroad saving valuable time. With the advent of large clipper ships, increased commerce and advanced steam boats, would lead to the rise and birth of a new industry, The Towing Business.
The Steam Tug Company
Author: Ronald Parsons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Steam Tug Company
Author: Ronald Parsons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Briefs and Other Records in the Action of the Steam Tug "Plymouth" and Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, Owner, V. Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Tugboats on Puget Sound
Author: Chuck Fowler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.
British Steam Tugs
Author: Phil N. Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780905184074
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book is beautifully produced and a must for anyone at all interested in these fascinating craft, MODEL BOATS. A full history covering early tugs, wood iron and steel paddle `tugs', harbour, seeking and coastal screw tugs, and ocean tugs. Thames craft tugs, tenders and passenger carrying tugs, naval and wartime tugs. Tug owners and builders. Tug construction, engines and deck gear. Over 1000 steam tugs and 400 owners are covered. The 85 tug plans range from 1833 to 1956 and 29 colour profiles will be of interest to modellers. More than 90 photographs (some colour), sketches, and colour diagram of 88 funnel colours.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780905184074
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
This book is beautifully produced and a must for anyone at all interested in these fascinating craft, MODEL BOATS. A full history covering early tugs, wood iron and steel paddle `tugs', harbour, seeking and coastal screw tugs, and ocean tugs. Thames craft tugs, tenders and passenger carrying tugs, naval and wartime tugs. Tug owners and builders. Tug construction, engines and deck gear. Over 1000 steam tugs and 400 owners are covered. The 85 tug plans range from 1833 to 1956 and 29 colour profiles will be of interest to modellers. More than 90 photographs (some colour), sketches, and colour diagram of 88 funnel colours.
A History of the 'Adelaide Steam Tug Company Limited'
Author: Ronald H. Parsons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barges
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Barges
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Mersey Tugs Through Time
Author: Ian Collard
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445654113
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Mersey tugs have changed and developed since the late nineteenth century.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445654113
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 153
Book Description
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Mersey tugs have changed and developed since the late nineteenth century.
The New York Steam Cable Towing Company. Capital Stock, $500,000. First Mortgage Sinking Fund Participating Gold Bonds
Author: New York Steam Cable Towing Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canal-boats
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canal-boats
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Annual Reports of the War Department
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description