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This book is an account of the ships that have borne the name "Queen of the Lakes," an honorary title indicating that, at the time of its launching, a ship is the longest on the Great Lakes. In one of the most comprehensive books ever written on the maritime history of the lakes, Mark L. T...

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Main Author: Thompson, Mark L., 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Shipping.
Bulk carrier cargo ships.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > History.
HISTORY > Maritime History & Piracy.
Vraquiers > Grands Lacs (Amerique du Nord) > Histoire.
Shipping > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Bulk carrier cargo ships > Great Lakes (North America) > History.
Great Lakes.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. An Iron Queen; 2. A Railroad Steamer; 3. The Union Twins; 4. A World's Fair Whale; 5. The Ore Boat Dynasty Begins; 6. The First 400-Footers; 7. Captain Wilson's Christmas Boat; 8. Queens for Hanna and Rockefeller; 9. Two Bessemer Queens; 10. A Superior Freighter; 11. Bessemer Reclaims the Crown; 12. Quad Queens; 13. The Magnificent Yellow Kid; 14. Four Giant Tin-Stackers; 15. The Standard 600-Footers; 16. A Queen Named Edward; 17. The Weston Triplets; 18. The Regal Shenango; 19. Shenango Retains the Crown
  • 20. Canadian Royalty21. A Canadian Successor; 22. Rogers City's Big Self-Unloader; 23. Inland's Beautiful Queen; 24. A Saltwater Successor; 25. Victory; 26. Columbia's Ill-Fated Queen; 27. The 730s; 28. Queen by Inches; 29. One Era Ends, Another Begins; 30. The Footers; 31. Stern-Ender Queens; 32. Interlake's Fancy DeLancey; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

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