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The Great Lakes ships of Frank E. Kirby : America's greatest naval architect / Richard Gebhart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gebhart, Richard (Independent historian), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kirby, Frank E., 1849-1929.
- Kirby, Frank E.
- Naval architects--United States--Biography.
- Naval architects.
- Shipbuilding--Great Lakes (North America).
- Shipbuilding.
- Ships--Great Lakes (North America).
- Ships.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Place of Publication:
- East Lansing, Michigan : Michigan State University Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- Father and son, shipbuilders
- All the pieces in place
- The ascent of Frank E. Kirby
- Of wood, iron, and steel
- Composites and a car ferry
- Namesakes
- Car ferries to cross a big lake
- No time for panic
- The Russians renege
- Longer steel boats
- Serving Uncle Sam
- End of the line
- The Tashmoo
- The great race
- Yosemite to Columbia
- The Tionesta swallows its whistle
- The Grasshopper and the Great Lakes Engineering Works
- Hudson River and a great inferno
- Glory bound all the way to Toledo
- City of Detroit III to Seeandbee
- To end all wars and greater things.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographic references (pages 183-204) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781628955736 (electronic bk.)
- 1628955732 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033207478
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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