Author : Chuck Fowler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,99 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738548142
Tall sailing ships came to the Pacific Northwest beginning in the mid-1700s. Met by native Salish people, the ships brought Spanish, British, Russian, and American explorers, as well as settlers and entrepreneurs to the Puget Sound region. Over the next two centuries, during boom and bust periods, these majestic vessels continued to ply the waters of Puget Sound. Today the proud tall ships operate in a training and education rather than commercial context.
Author : Robert A. Weinstein
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 1978-09
Category :
ISBN : 9780295705590
Author : Chuck Fowler
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 30,59 MB
Release : 2007-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531629632
This engaging pictorial history tells of the tall sailing ships that came to the Pacific Northwest beginning in the mid-1700s. Met by native Salish people, the ships brought Spanish, British, Russian, and American explorers, as well as settlers and entrepreneurs, to the region. Over the next two centuries, during boom and bust periods, these majestic vessels have continued to ply the waters of Puget Sound. Today the proud tall ships operate in a training and education rather than commercial context; however, the commitment to preserving and promoting their heritage remains strong within the region, as well as throughout the United States and around the globe. This groundbreaking book features 180 rare photographs and illustrations that chronicle the colorful history of tall ships on Puget Sound.
Author : Robert A. Weinstein
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 33,65 MB
Release : 1978-01-01
Category : Photography of sailing ships
ISBN : 9780295956190
Author : Chuck Fowler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 36,58 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738559728
While square-rigged sailing ships, steamboats and ferries, and ever-larger cruise and cargo-carrying vessels have made their mark on Puget Sound's maritime history, no other vessels have captured the imagination of shore-bound seafarers like tugboats. Beginning in the 1850s when the first steam-powered tugboats arrived in the Sound from the East Coast via San Francisco, company owners and their crews competed fiercely for business, towing ships, log rafts, and barges. The magnetic attraction of powerful, tough tugs both large and small is unexplainable but enduring. This book, featuring about 200 rare historic images and carefully researched text, tells the colorful story of tug boating on Puget Sound.
Author : Chuck Fowler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738575810
The history of impressive battleships, aircraft carriers, and submarines on Puget Sound has been well chronicled. However, the story of the smaller, fast patrol and rescue boats that have protected its vast inland waters is largely unknown. This book, through more than 200 rare images and engaging text, reveals the fascinating story. It covers Navy, Coast Guard, and Army Air Force craft in the sound, including the famed patrol torpedo boats of World War II. Featuring evocative photographs from the National Archives, as well as veterans' personal collections, this book highlights these military craft, their proud crews, and essential wartime and peacetime operations.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,47 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Delegated legislation
ISBN :
Author : Jonathan C. Dickinson
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2000-04
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780963648358
Author : Jean Cammon Findlay
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738556079
Before the advent of roads in western Washington, steamboats of the Mosquito Fleet swarmed all over Puget Sound. Sidewheelers, stern-wheelers, and propeller-driven, they ranged from the tiny 40-foot Marie to the huge 282-foot Yosemite, and from the famous Flyer to the unknown Leota. Floating stores like the Vaughn and shrimpers like the Violet sailed the same waters as the elegant Great Lakes lady, the Chippewa, and the homely Willie. A few, like the Bob Irving and Blue Star, died spectacularly or, like Major Tompkins, shipwrecked after a short time, while others began new lives as tugboats or auto ferries; some even survive today as excursion boats like the Virginia V. From 1853 to modern car ferries in the 1920s, this volume chronicles the heyday of steamboating--a unique segment of maritime history--from modest launch to sleek liner.
Author : Matthew A. Russell
Publisher :
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 22,21 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Channel Islands (Calif.)
ISBN :
