Early American Steamers

Download or read book Early American Steamers written by Erik Heyl and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early American Steamers written by Erik Heyl and published by Buffalo, N.Y. : [E. Heyl]. This book was released on 1953 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Night Boat to New England, 1815-1900 written by Edwin L. Dunbaugh and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1992-04-20 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the subject of much lore as the topic of his book, Dunbaugh has written a carefully researched, comprehensive history of the overnight steamboat on Long Island Sound. In the nineteenth century, these steamboats provided the major means of transportation from New York to ports in southern New England or from Boston north to ports on the coast of Maine. Earlier accounts have either focused on the lore or been heavy with statistical data. Dunbaugh here provides a readable narrative history based on solid research. The book's approach is chronological, discussing the early steamboat era, 1815-1835, in the first chapter and the feeder lines developing with the advent of the railroad in chapter 2. Chapter 3 covers the Vanderbilt era of the 1840s, while the next chapter turns to the Great Fall River Line, 1847-1854. Chapter 5 discusses the years from 1854 to 1861, a period of stability, and chapter 6 covers the Civil War years. Chapters on the era of Fisk and Gould and the Depression and Recovery of 1873-1880 follow. The final chapter covers the last decade of the independent lines and of the century. This volume will be of interest to historians specializing in the history of technology, business, or economic history--as well as to those interested in the history of steamboat transportation.

Download or read book Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Early American Steamers written by Erik Heyl and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lake Michigan Passenger Steamers written by George Woodman Hilton and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the definitive account of the rise, fall, and extinction of steam passenger transportation on Lake Michigan from its origin in the late 1840s to the demise of the last steamers in 1970.

Download or read book The American Line (1871-1902) written by William H. Flayhart and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the largely unknown early history (1870-1900) of the American Steamship Company--an extremely colorful and eventful time replete with disasters and triumphs.