Ships of Steel: A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (714 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550172425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She is the author of Saltwater Women at Work and Working nese Waters, and coauthor of the childre@s book Build Your Own Underwater Robot and Otber Wet Projects. He and his wife Dorothy raised three sons, James, Douglas and Malcolm, who continue with Allied Shipbuilders.Vickie Jensen has built her writing career around the importance of documenting and validating work. Vickie spent several months with a Nisgda totem pole carving crew, a collaboration that resulted in Totem Pole Carving. Her interest in writing about work extends to dry land, as well. As editor of Westcoast Mariner magazine she travelled on coastal tugs, charter yachts, dredges, ferries and water taxis for nearly four years, interviewing ski
A century ago, the steel ships working coastal waters were built elsewhere. This invaluable oral history is presented in the context of an engaging, readable history of the industry by Vickie Jensen, a marine writer who was a friend of Arthur McLaren. Gradually marine engineers began migrating to the coast with their families, and the BC industry got underway.Ships of Steel chronicles that industry from the early development of steel construction facilities, equipment and qualified personnel; to the World War II boom when BC yards delivered two 10,000-ton freighters every week; to the postwar production of tugs, barges, fish boats and sophisticated supply vessels; to the present day.The heart of the story is a half-century's worth of observations and recollections by Arthur McLaren (1919-99), a natural storyteller who owned and ran Allied Shipbuilders for 50 years and who knew the business ins
Hugh C. Ware said Great Local History for any Maritime Buff. Mix the memories of a master shipbuilder, some family history thu three generations, a brief but surprisingly thorough look at British Columbia's past and present steel-shipbuilding industry, and top it all off with comprehensive details on every vessel built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd, from 1Great Local History for any Maritime Buff Hugh C. Ware Mix the memories of a master shipbuilder, some family history thu three generations, a brief but surprisingly thorough look at British Columbia's past and present steel-shipbuilding industry, and top it all off with comprehensive details on every vessel built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd, from 14' tugboats to sophisticated icebreakers that opened up Canada's North for oil production-that's what this book provides. Both authors wrote well and the book production is superb, with plenty of photos. I liked Ships of Stee. ' tugboats to sophisticated icebreakers that opened up Canada's North for oil production-that's what this book provides. Both authors wrote well and the book production is superb, with plenty of photos. I liked Ships of Stee
She is the author of Saltwater Women at Work and Working nese Waters, and coauthor of the childre@s book Build Your Own Underwater Robot and Otber Wet Projects. . WD became managing director of West Coast Shipbuilders, established on False Creek at the outbreak of World War II. Bringing a Log to Life and the childre@s