Great Lakes Shipbuilding
Vessels like the Edmund Fitzgerald the Niagara and Walk-in-the-Water are now the stuff of legend but lesser-known ships also have their stories to tell. Cargo-carrying schooners such as Moonlight and Minnedosa got faster and bigger over the years helping them hold their own against the emerging steamships while the revolutionary design of the R.J. Hackett set the standard for lake freighters for years. Of course the Great Lakes have often exacted a heavy toll as demonstrated by the mysterious disappearance of the Griffon and the harrowing sinking of Pere Marquette 18.
Features
- 224 pages
- Images throughout
- Softcover
- Book dimensions are 6 x 9
Vessels like the Edmund Fitzgerald the Niagara and Walk-in-the-Water are now the stuff of legend but lesser-known ships also have their stories to tell. Cargo-carrying schooners such as Moonlight and Minnedosa got faster and bigger over the years helping them hold their own against the emerging steamships while the revolutionary design of the R.J. Hackett set the standard for lake freighters for years. Of course the Great Lakes have often exacted a heavy toll as demonstrated by the mysterious disappearance of the Griffon and the harrowing sinking of Pere Marquette 18.
