Iron ore transport on the Great Lakes
Subtitle: the development of a delivery system to feed American industry
By: W. Bruce Bowlus
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786433261
Description: "This history recounts innovations in shipping, the improvement of channels and harbors, the creation of locks, technical advances in loading and unloading equipment, and the ability to attract capital and government support to fund the various projects. These changes, which often functioned symbiotically, represent one of the key untold stories in the spectacular rise of American industry"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A sterile region on the shores of Lake Superior (beginnings); title: The right to demand equal and exact justice (1845-1865); title: The war changed everything (1866-1880); title: The ore Uet will have to be increased largely to get all the ore (1880-1890); title: The wildest expectations of one year seem absurdly tame the next (1890 1908); title: A swan song that will be a melancholy dirge (after 1908).