The Great Lakes: The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners, Their Sailors, and Their Cargoes, Together with a Brief History of Our Inland SeasCurwood, James Oliver
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The Great Lakes: The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners, Their Sailors, and Their Cargoes, Together with a Brief History of Our Inland Seas
Curwood, James Oliver
Great Lakes (North America); Inland navigation -- United States; Shipping -- Great Lakes (North America)
_The “City of Erie”_ 76
_The fastest steamer on the Lakes, holding a record of
22.93 miles per hour._
_Little Venice, St. Clair River_ 80
_Showing the type of “Inns,” where people may pass
their holidays at small expense._
_Courtesy of Northern Steamship Co._
_A Scene on Belle Isle, Detroit River_ 82
_Steamer “Western States”_ 84
_One of the largest and fastest boats on the Lakes.
Carries 2500 people and her fastest speed is 20 miles
an hour._
_From a Photograph by Detroit Photographic Co._
_Steamship “North West” in American Lock_ 86
_Cottages Built at Small Expense along the St. Mary’s River_ 88
_A Steamer Stripped by a Tow-line by Running between a Steamer
and her Consort_ 90
_From a Photograph by Lord & Rhoades, Sault Ste. Marie,
Mich._
_A Remarkable Photograph Showing the Big Freighter “Stimson”
in a Holocaust of Smoke and Flame_ 94
_After a Fierce Night’s “Late Navigation” Run across Lake
Superior_ 96
_A Ship that Made the Shore before she Sank. The Work of
Raising her in Progress_ 100
_A Treacherous Sea in its Garb of Greatest Beauty_ 102
_One phase of Lake navigation._
_A View of the “Zimmerman”_ 104
_After a collision with another freighter._
_The Steamer “Wahcondah_” 108
_One of the Lake grain carriers which was caught in a
storm late in the season after being buffeted by the
waves of Lake Superior for about fourteen hours._
_This is One of the Most Remarkable Photographs Ever Taken on
the Lakes. It Shows a Sinking Lumber Barge just as She Was
Breaking in Two_ 110
_The photograph was taken from a small boat._
_The Residence of Ansley Wilcox at Buffalo_ 114
_Where President Roosevelt took the oath of office._
_Copyright 1908 by Detroit Photographic Co._
_A Bird’s-eye View of the Harbour of Duluth, Taken from the
Hill_ 116
_From a Photograph by Maher, Duluth._
_The Ship Canal and Aërial Bridge, Duluth, Minn._ 118
_Copyright 1908 by Detroit Photographic Co._
_Fleet of Boats in Duluth Harbour Waiting to Unload_ 122
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