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Tin stackers : the history of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company / Al Miller.
Lippincott Library HE945.P79 M55 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Al, 1957-
- Series:
- Great Lakes books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pittsburgh Steamship Company--History.
- Pittsburgh Steamship Company.
- Steamboats--Great Lakes (North America)--History.
- Steamboats.
- Steamboat lines--Great Lakes (North America)--History.
- Steamboat lines.
- Shipping--Great Lakes (North America)--History.
- Shipping.
- Steel industry and trade--Great Lakes (North America)--History.
- Steel industry and trade.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Mich. : Wayne State University Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Formed in 1901 by U.S. Steel Corporation, the Pittsburgh Steamship Company became the largest commercial fleet in the world and assumed a dominant role in Great Lakes shipping and the American steel industry. Tin Stackers tells its story: the ships, the men who sailed them, and the conditions that shaped their times.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814328326
- OCLC:
- 40543257
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