Author: Hilary Russell, Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578541167
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book chronicles the life and times of Arthur Russell, his sons, and grandsons in their various maritime businesses-sail lightering, tugboats, barges, ship building-in the harbor of New York from 1844-1962. The book also contains genealogies of four generations of Russells, stories remembered and retold by various tugboat captains, and the contributions of the Russell wives and daughters. As well, the book documents the influential rural experiences the family had in their house in Mt. Kisco, New York.
Tugboats and Shipyards
Author: Hilary Russell, Jr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578541167
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book chronicles the life and times of Arthur Russell, his sons, and grandsons in their various maritime businesses-sail lightering, tugboats, barges, ship building-in the harbor of New York from 1844-1962. The book also contains genealogies of four generations of Russells, stories remembered and retold by various tugboat captains, and the contributions of the Russell wives and daughters. As well, the book documents the influential rural experiences the family had in their house in Mt. Kisco, New York.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578541167
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
This book chronicles the life and times of Arthur Russell, his sons, and grandsons in their various maritime businesses-sail lightering, tugboats, barges, ship building-in the harbor of New York from 1844-1962. The book also contains genealogies of four generations of Russells, stories remembered and retold by various tugboat captains, and the contributions of the Russell wives and daughters. As well, the book documents the influential rural experiences the family had in their house in Mt. Kisco, New York.
That Reminds Me: ship yard and tug boat stories
Author: Robert Mattsson
Publisher: Robert Mattsson
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This a compilation of stories of my younger days in the ship yard and on tug boats in New York Harbor and the New York State Barge Canal and the Hudson River.
Publisher: Robert Mattsson
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
This a compilation of stories of my younger days in the ship yard and on tug boats in New York Harbor and the New York State Barge Canal and the Hudson River.
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.
Tugboats of New York
Author: George Matteson
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814757081
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Museum, brings his intimate knowledge of the boats, their work, surroundings, and crew to his account. The volume is oversize: 12x9". Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814757081
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Museum, brings his intimate knowledge of the boats, their work, surroundings, and crew to his account. The volume is oversize: 12x9". Annotation 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Tugboats
Author: William M. Burt
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780760308240
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This all-color salute to everyone's favorite little ship examines "tugs" today at ports around the world. The author also shows how manufacturers are finding new markets for the vessels by revamping decommissioned tugboats for use as private cruisers. 90 full-color photos.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 9780760308240
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
This all-color salute to everyone's favorite little ship examines "tugs" today at ports around the world. The author also shows how manufacturers are finding new markets for the vessels by revamping decommissioned tugboats for use as private cruisers. 90 full-color photos.
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 Buoys Still Wink
Author: I. M. Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clyde River (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clyde River (Scotland)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Navy Procurement of Tugboats
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
On Tugboats
Author: Virginia Thorndike
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1461744725
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Tugboats hold a fascination not only for anyone who has worked aboard a vessel or around a harbor but for many land-bound folks as well. There is something about their chunky, powerful build and their often risky but vital work that excites our interest and admiration. The captains and crews of the tugboats are justifiably proud of what they do, and they have some great stories to tell about the ships and barges they tow or push; the harbors, storms, tides, and dangerous passages they must negotiate; the unions; the pilots; the different designs and capabilties of their boats; and the way the boats and their livelihood are irrevocably changing.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1461744725
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Tugboats hold a fascination not only for anyone who has worked aboard a vessel or around a harbor but for many land-bound folks as well. There is something about their chunky, powerful build and their often risky but vital work that excites our interest and admiration. The captains and crews of the tugboats are justifiably proud of what they do, and they have some great stories to tell about the ships and barges they tow or push; the harbors, storms, tides, and dangerous passages they must negotiate; the unions; the pilots; the different designs and capabilties of their boats; and the way the boats and their livelihood are irrevocably changing.
Tugs and Other Hard-working Vessels of Puget Sound
Author: Norman R. Knutsen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935359418
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For a time in the first half of the 20th century, commercial vessels powered by sail, steam, and internal combustion engines were all plying their trade together on Puget Sound. During those earlier years, mills were busy sawing logs to satisfy the hungry market for lumber, plywood, and other wood products. Boat building and commercial fishing flourished, too. As time went on, wind power gave way to steam propulsion, steam machinery was replaced by internal combustion engines, and paddle wheels disappeared in favor of propellers. This was a unique and exciting era of Puget Sound maritime activity. Eventually, logs were being shipped instead of finished wood products, transportation via highways was increasing, and the fisheries were beginning to show signs that all was not well. Because of these changes, the need was lessened for tugs, freight and passenger boats, and fishing boats on Puget Sound.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935359418
Category : Tugboats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For a time in the first half of the 20th century, commercial vessels powered by sail, steam, and internal combustion engines were all plying their trade together on Puget Sound. During those earlier years, mills were busy sawing logs to satisfy the hungry market for lumber, plywood, and other wood products. Boat building and commercial fishing flourished, too. As time went on, wind power gave way to steam propulsion, steam machinery was replaced by internal combustion engines, and paddle wheels disappeared in favor of propellers. This was a unique and exciting era of Puget Sound maritime activity. Eventually, logs were being shipped instead of finished wood products, transportation via highways was increasing, and the fisheries were beginning to show signs that all was not well. Because of these changes, the need was lessened for tugs, freight and passenger boats, and fishing boats on Puget Sound.