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Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes [Kietas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Hardback, 695 pages, aukštis x plotis: 279x216 mm, weight: 890 g, 276
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Apr-2024
  • Leidėjas: Michigan State University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1611864445
  • ISBN-13: 9781611864441
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 695 pages, aukštis x plotis: 279x216 mm, weight: 890 g, 276
  • Išleidimo metai: 01-Apr-2024
  • Leidėjas: Michigan State University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1611864445
  • ISBN-13: 9781611864441
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Water transportation has played a key role in the Great Lakes region’s settlement and economic growth, from providing entry into the new lake states to offering cheap transportation for the goods they produced. There are numerous tales surrounding the Great Lakes shipping trade, but few storytellers have addressed the factors that influenced the use, design, and evolution of the ships that sailed the inland seas. Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of Great Lakes ships over the centuries, from small birch-bark canoes originally used in the region to the massive thousand-footers of today. The author also looks at the economics of vessel operation in the context of the expanding scope of the shipping industry, which was crucial in catapulting America into becoming an industrial juggernaut. The captains of industry and the sailors whose labor propelled the trade populate this account, which also offers solemn acknowledgment of the high cost paid in both lost ships and lives. Although they might not realize it, millions of Americans have owed their livelihoods to the Great Lakes boats, and this volume is an excellent way to recognize the importance of this regional industry.

While the history of Great Lakes shipping has been discussed frequently over the years, little has been said about the factors that influenced the use, design, and evolution of the boats that made this trade possible. Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes provides a comprehensive overview of the development of Great Lakes ships over the past several centuries, from small birch-bark canoes originally used in the region to the massive thousand-footers of today. The author also looks at the economics of vessel operation, including the various considerations involved in expanding the scope of the shipping industry, a move that aided in catapulting America into becoming an industrial juggernaut. Although they might not realize it, millions of Americans have owed their livelihoods to the Great Lakes boats and the cargoes they carried that supported a wide range of industries, and this volume is an excellent way to recognize to what extent our lives have been affected by this region’s industry.

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The author has clearly devoted years to his research, and the end result is a truly remarkable summary of his discoveries. Hirsimaki has shared with todays readers the evolution of Great Lakes watercraft, along with the personal experiences of sailors on many generations of those vessels, both merchant and military crewmen. He has also supplemented his work with informative appendices and footnotes. Sail, Steam, and Diesel: Moving Cargo on the Great Lakes promises to be a very popular source of Great Lakes history! C. Patrick Labadie, maritime historian and underwater archaeologist, former director of the Saugatuck Marine Museum, and former director of the Lake Superior Maritime Museum in Duluth This volume is a good read for those who know about Great Lakes shipping and an easily accessible work for those who dont. Its well organized and covers a lot of material in an economical yet coherent way. Put it this way: I readand dismissa lot of books on the topic of Great Lakes ships and shipping, but this one is a keeper. Roger LeLievre, editor and publisher of Know Your Ships This book makes a substantial contribution to the field of Great Lakes maritime history. The author successfully blends a wide array of factors into a complete story, including modifications to the travel routes, gradual increases in ship sizes and carrying capacities, changes in the nature of the crew makeup, port loading and unloading operations, and technological advancements such as radios impact on navigation. While there have been a substantial number of works about nineteenth-century ships and their cargoes and crews, the author does the audience a great service in bringing out and synthesizing what has happened on the lakes in the last century to tell the significant stories that affected the industry. Scott M. Peters, curator of collections, Michigan Historical Museum

Contents Preface
Chapter
1. In the Beginning
Chapter
2. A Time of Growth
Chapter
3. The Ubiquitous Schooner
Chapter
4. Smoke on the Horizon
Chapter
5.
Years Of Change
Chapter
6. Wood, Iron, and Steel
Chapter
7. A New Century,
New Fleet
Chapter
8. The Good Years
Chapter
9. The Final Generation Appendix
1. Glossary Appendix
2. The Boats Appendix
3. Cargoes Appendix
4. The Wooden
Ships Notes Bibliography Index
Eric Hirsimaki spent his forty-year career working in various facets of the Great Lakes shipping industry. He has sailed on the lakes, worked in the fleet office, been an engineer for a marine construction firm, worked for a major ore-hauling railroad, and been involved in lower lake dock operations and management. He has written several books; one, Lima: The History, was nominated for the 1986 Railroad Book of the Year by the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. He has authored dozens of articles concerning Great Lakes shipping and railroad subjects for historical societies and commercial publications and been featured in several public television productions concerning the Great Lakes and railroads. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in the Corps of Engineers. He lives in North Olmsted, Ohio, with his wife Beverly; they have two daughters and one son.