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The Steamboat Phoenix and the Archaeology of Early Steam Navigation in North America / George R Schwarz.
Penn Museum Library VM622 .S39 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schwarz, George R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Phoenix (Steamship).
- Steamboats--North America--History.
- Steamboats.
- Steam-navigation--North America--History.
- Steam-navigation.
- Underwater archaeology--North America.
- Underwater archaeology.
- History.
- North America.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Steamboat Phoenix and the Archeology of Early Steam Navigation in North America
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Contents:
- 2 From "Bull Boats" to Steamboats: Travel on Early American Waterways 11
- 3 Genesis of North American Steam Navigation 17
- 4 Phoenix 43
- 5 A Study of American Steamboat Heritage 71
- 6 Construction Features of an Early American Steamer 87
- 7 From the Ashes (A Reconstruction) 111
- 8 Phoenix and the Design Characteristics of Early 19th-Century Paddle wheelers 145
- 9 Steamboat Living on American Waterways in the First Quarter of the 19th Century 180.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781629582467
- 1629582468
- 1629582476
- 9781629582474
- OCLC:
- 1005685379
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