The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats

The End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lake Steamboats image
ISBN-10:

0393033481

ISBN-13:

9780393033489

Author(s): PLOWDEN, David
Edition: First Edition
Released: Oct 17, 1992
Format: Hardcover, 155 pages
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Description:

From freighters in motion and intricate machinery in the engine room, to the men who operate and maintain the vessels, these photographs represent a testament to the vanishing era of steam.

Since the mid-1850s when coal-fired, reciprocating-engined steamboats were first heralded as a swift and reliable method of freight transportation, these majestic vessels have criss-crossed the Great Lakes transporting everything from coal to iron ore and cement. Until the advent of the diesel locomotive engine, the speed and efficiency of the lake freighters was unchallenged. Today, however, the massive fleet has been reduced to a handful, and soon may be extinct.











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