Coasters
Fenton, R. S.2011
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John Masefield's 'dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, butting through the Channel in the mad March days' has become a ship type of universal appeal, both for its simple, functional beauty and its faithful toil before the advent of universal road haulage.Richly illustrated historical survey of the development of coastal shipping across the world.
Main title:
Coasters / by Roy Fenton.
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Imprint:
Barnsley : Seaforth, 2011.Barnsley : Seaforth Publishing, 2011.
Collation:
192 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.208 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204) and index.
Contents:
Coastal cargo liners of the nineteenth centuryGenesis of the steam collierThe ubiquitous steam coasterSteam engine amidshipsThe collier developsThe coastal tankerEarly British motor coastersEnter the Dutch coaster-- The British responseOther Western European motor coastersEastern European coastersCoastal steam liners in the twentieth centuryCoastal motor linersContainer coastersAsian assortmentSpecialised coasters.
ISBN:
9781848320871 (hbk)1848320876 (hbk)9781848320871 (hbk)1848320876
Dewey class:
387.2'4'0941'0222623.824387.2
LC class:
VM425
Language:
English
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BRN:
1779118
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