Essex Shipbuilding

Name: Essex Shipbuilding
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ISBN: 9780738510828

ISBN-10: 0738510823

ISBN-13: 9780738510828

Edition: 2002

Authors: Courtney Ellis Peckham

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For three centuries, shipbuilding flourished in Essex, a small village wrapped around a shallow tidal estuary that flows into Ipswich Bay. From sturdy little Chebacco boats to the tough but graceful fishing schooners that plied the Grand Banks, Essex vessels became known throughout the maritime world as swift and strong fishermen, and Essex shipbuilding became synonymous with craftsmanship of the highest order. More than four thousand ships slid down the ways destined for ports such as Gloucester, Boston, and New York. By the middle of the twentieth century, however, the industry had vanished and this extraordinary chapter in American maritime history was closed. Essex Shipbuilding recalls…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication date: 10/23/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.30" tall
Weight: 0.044
Language: English