[PDF.55lw] Ships of Steel: A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story

Ships of Steel: A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story

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 | #5516837 in Books |  Harbour |  2000-11-01 | Original language:English |  11.00 x.80 x8.50l,2.64 | File type: PDF | 288 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Great Local History for any Maritime Buff|By Hugh C. Ware|Mix the memories of a master shipbuilder, some family history thu three generations, a brief but surprisingly thorough look at British Columbia's past and present steel-shipbuilding industry, and top it all off with comprehensive details on every vessel built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd, from 14' tugboats to sophisticated|About the Author|Thomas Arthur McLaren (1919-99) was the son of Scottish shipbuilder William Dick McLaren, who, in search of new opportunities, brought his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1928. WD became managing director of West Coast Shipbuild

A century ago, the steel ships working coastal waters were built elsewhere. Gradually marine engineers began migrating to the coast with their families, and the BC industry got underway.

Ships of Steel chronicles that industry from the early development of steel construction facilities, equipment and qualified personnel; to the World War II boom when BC yards delivered two 10,000-ton freighters every week; to the postwar production of tugs, barges, fish b...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Ships of Steel: A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story   |  T.A. McLaren. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!

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