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"Before 1841 propeller-driven steamboats were virtually unknown on the Great Lakes. Suddenly, that summer, propellers (as they came to be better known) began to enter the waters of Lake Ontario at Kingston. Before the Vandalia appeared on her trial trips in late November, at least four propellers had made their ..."Before 1841 propeller-driven steamboats were virtually unknown on the Great Lakes. Suddenly, ...
A promotion book published on behalf of the Detroit Dry Dock Company with significant information on vessels built, engined and repaired by the firm. Accompanying material included Great Lakes ship lists; company lists and lake shipping statistics.A promotion book published on behalf of the Detroit Dry Dock Company ...
This is essentially the thesis that was submitted to the Department of History at Queen's University for the degree of Masters of Arts in 1983. Chapter 5 is slightly revised based on the minor revisions in its published form as "The Canadian Navigation Company, 1861-1875" FreshWater, v. 1, n. 1 ...This is essentially the thesis that was submitted to the Department of ...
The four chapters from the volume that deal with the early history of shipping into the Toronto harbour.The four chapters from the volume that deal with the early history ...
The chapters of this classic local history that deal with Toronto harbour as well as the shipping lines that ran to it. Lines included the Royal Mail Line of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, the Niagara Navigation Company and the Hamilton Steamboat Compay.The chapters of this classic local history that deal with Toronto harbour ...
This article appears on the 'net essentially as it originally appeared in FreshWater, vol. 2, no. 1 (Summer 1987): 28-39. A few of the notes have been altered to reflect the change of name of the National Archives of Canada (NAC) from the Public Archives of Canada (PAC), and the ...This article appears on the 'net essentially as it originally appeared in ...
... engineer in their shops. (119) Upper Canada Although before 1838 the trade...... engineer in their shops. (119) Upper Canada Although before 1838 the ...
