McDougalls Great Lakes Whalebacks (WI) (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738551430 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A piece of Great Lakes history" according to A. D. Slade. I loved this book and only wish it had been longer. Not to give my age away, but I can remember my grandfather calling to me to come out on the dock to see the last of the whalebacks steaming down Lake Macatawa to Lake Michigan. I've never forgotten it.. ScubaCat said Whaleback Watch. I've always been fascinated with the whalebacks! I am glad I found this book.
. Neel R. The photographs for this book were gathered from libraries, museums, and historical societies throughout the Great Lakes region. Zoss has researched McDougall’s whaleback barges and steamers for many years and has written a number of magazine articles about the boats
Zoss has researched McDougall’s whaleback barges and steamers for many years and has written a number of magazine articles about the boats. About the Author Neel R. The photographs for this book were gathered from libraries, museums, and historical societies throughout the Great Lakes region.
The vessels were a radical departure, in design, form, and construction,from the standard shipbuilding concepts of the era but proved themselves more than capable as a number of the boats sailed the Great Lakes and the seaboardsof America until the 1960s. After sailing the lakes for more than 70 years, thelast whaleback, the SS Meteor, returned home to Superior in 1972 and is now continuing its service as a magnificent maritime museum on Barker's Island.. Alexander McDougall and his American Steel Barge Company built the curved-decked, snout-nosed whalebacks on the shores of the harbor, first at Duluth's Rice's Point and later in Howard's Pocket at Superior. All the whalebacks are gone now--either scrapped or sunk--with one exception. Capt. During the last years of the 19th century, the Duluth Harbor, situated between the sister cities of Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, was the birthplace of a bold and innovative and decidedly odd-looking class of Great Lakes barges and steamships known as whalebacks