Iron hulls for western river steamboats ...
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 26
ISBN-13: 9781418192938
Subjects: History / United States / General
First sentence: Owing to the increasing scarcity of ship timber, and the consequent greater cost of wooden vessels, attention has been more and more turned to the substitution of iron for wood in the structure of hulls for vessels of all descriptions, with steam and sail, for ocean traffic or river service.