Author: Chuck Fowler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738559728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
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
ISBN: 9780738559728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
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.
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Languages : en
Pages : 4
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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Languages : en
Pages : 1502
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Merchant Marine and Fisheries
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Languages : en
Pages : 103
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Author: Virginia Thorndike
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 1461744725
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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Tugboats hold a fascination not only for anyone who has worked aboard a vessel or around a harbor but for many land-bound folks as well. There is something about their chunky, powerful build and their often risky but vital work that excites our interest and admiration. The captains and crews of the tugboats are justifiably proud of what they do, and they have some great stories to tell about the ships and barges they tow or push; the harbors, storms, tides, and dangerous passages they must negotiate; the unions; the pilots; the different designs and capabilties of their boats; and the way the boats and their livelihood are irrevocably changing.
Author: Les Eldridge
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439660611
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This engaging pictorial history traces the evolution of South Puget Sound from the provider of rich resources for the First Nations to Olympia’s role as an important international seaport. The estuary was named Puget’s Sound after Lt. Peter Puget, of British captain George Vancouver’s 1792 exploration of the region. The capital city of Olympia was a frequent stop for Mosquito Fleet steamers a century ago and has evolved into a major port for the worldwide export of timber. Today, people enjoy Olympia as a vibrant, modern seaport with many recreational opportunities.
Author: National Maritime Museum (U.S.)
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Category : Naval museums
Languages : en
Pages : 61
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Author: Puget Sound Tug Boat Company
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Category : Advertising
Languages : en
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Author: E. W. Wright
Publisher: Portland, Or. : Lewis & Dryden Print. Company
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Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 494
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