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BLUE BOOK OF AMERICAN SHIPPING Published by the MARINE REVIEW, 409 Perry-Payne Building, CLEVELAND, OHIO. LIST OF LAKE VESSELS AND STATISTICS IN RED-EDGED PAGES. CONTAINING PARTICULARS OF ALL AMERICAN STEAM VESSELS AND ALL SAIL VESSELS OVER 100 TONS ON THE GREAT LAKES WITH NAMES AND ADDRESSES OK OWNER OR MANAGER- STATISTICS OF LAKE COMMERCE. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OK OWNERS OF PRINCIPAL FLEETS, LAKE SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDERS, CAPTAINS AND ENGINEERS OK LAKE VESSELS. MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE AND COST OF OPERATION OF PRINCIPAL STEAMERS. ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRINCIPAL LAKE STEAMERS, DOCKS AND CARGO HANDLING MACHINERY. ILLUSTRATIONS IN FIRST WHITE-EDGED PAGES. LIST OF COAST AND RIVER STEAMERS AND SAIL VESSELS, AND STATISTICS IN BLUE-EDGED PAGES. CONTAINING PARTICULARS OF ALL STEAM VESSELS IN THE UNITED STATES OVER 100 TONS (LAKE VESSELS EXCEPTED) AND ALL SEA-GOING SAIL VESSELS WITH NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OWNERS. DIRECTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MASTERS AND PILOTS, AND NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF COAST CAPTAINS AND ENGINEERS. ADDRESSES OK SHIP AND ENGINE BUILDERS OF THE UNITED STATES. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF CONCERNS OWNING FLEETS, INCLUDING 2,400 OK THE LARGEST VESSELS IN THE U. S. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OK PURCHASING AGENTS OK 700 PASSENGER VESSELS. DIRECTORY OK STEAMSHIP LINES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PORTS. PRINCIPAL EXPORTS BY PORTS FOR KIVK YEARS, AND OTHER VALUABLE SHIPPING STATISTICS. DIRECTORY AND ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE MARINE BUSINESS CONCERNS OF THE UNITED STATES. CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY OF CONCERNS FURNISHING MATERIAL AND SUPPLIES FOR SHIPPING, SHIPBUILDING, ETC., WITH LIST OF THOSE ENGAGED IN MARINE BUSINESS OK ANY KIND, ARRANGED FOR USE OK PURCHASING AGENTS. PORT DIRECTORY INCLUDING NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF IMPORTANT MARINE BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE DIFFERENT PORTS. ADVERTISEMENTS OF THE MOST RELIABLE MARINE BUSINESS CONCERNS IN THE UNITED STATES. --------------------------- Copyrighted 1897, by MULROONEY <fi BARTON, Cleveland, Ohio. NOTE:â€"Tne information contained in this Blue Book has been gathered at considerable expense, and has been fully copyrighted. It will be protected with the full benefits of the new copyright law.