Books
Steamboats Book Collection
- Item Number
- 136
- Estimated Value
- 92 USD
- Opening Bid
- 31 USD
Item Description
Comprised of 5 books focusing on the subject of steamboats.
1) Steamboats on the Muskingum
by Jay Mack Gamble
Although the Muskingum is a short river, its waters carried several hundred steamboats to all parts of the Western Rivers system. This book preserves their histories, with an all-time boat list, maps of the river and a comprehensive index.
300pp, 6 x 9, 160 illus., Hard cover, Bibl., Index, reprinted 2004
ISBN 0-913423-03-3
2) Paddle Wheel Inboard
by C. Bradford Mitchell
This reprint is an account of Central Florida steamboating that first appeared in The American Neptune in 1947. A foreword adds new information discovered since then. It is the story of the Hart Line and navigation on the Ocklawaha River and connecting waterways from before the Civil War to 1920.
66pp, 81/2 x 11, 35 illus., soft cover
1983ISBN 0-913423-06-8
3) Steamboats for Rondout
by Donald C. Ringwald
The Hudson River village of Rondout developed as a result of the marketing of coal via
the D. & H. Canal and the steamboat lines that connected the village with New York.
This book details operational schedules, measurements and engine data for all passenger steamboats known to have been employed on the Rondout-New York route from 1829 through 1863, interspersed with tales of the river.
145pp, 81/2 x 11, illus., bib., hard cover, 1981
ISBN 0-913423-00-9
4) The Development of Steam Navigation on Long Island Sound
by J. Howland Gardner
The Society has reprinted this 40-page article from The Transactions of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. The article offers an excellent capsule history of the overnight steamers of Long Island Sound.
40pp, 81/2 x 11, 40 illus., soft cover, 1994
5) Canadian Coastal and Inland Steam Vessels 1809-1930
This extensive reference work lists rig, official number, dimensions, building date and
disposition of all known Canadian-registered coastal and inland steam vessels over 75 feet in length from 1809 to 1930. This valuable information is impossible to find elsewhere. Over 3,100 vessels shown. Includes 2 supplements.
xii + 135pp, 101/2 x 81/2, hard cover, 1979
ISBN 0-913423-01-7
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