Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime MichiganWayne State University Press, 1 juni 2003 - 216 sidor Beyond the Windswept Dunes takes the reader into a world of maritime adventure as it was experienced by the sailors, passengers, rescue workers, shipping magnates, industrialists, and many other people whose livelihoods revolved around Michigan’s port city of Muskegon. At one time the leading edge of westward expansion, Muskegon was a place where lumbering and lakers merged and where rails met decks, a place situated midway along the coast of a great and sometimes stormy inland sea. Here Elizabeth Sherman offers both a shipping history and a portrait of the city. The events covered range from the visit by the British sloop H.M.S. Felicity in 1779 through Muskegon’s boom years as "Lumber Queen of the World," from the city’s revitalization with the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway to its recent establishment of a floating museum complex for historic naval vessels. The book’s focus is on the ships themselves—such as the Lyman M. Davis, Salvor, Highway 16, and Milwaukee Clipper—vessels that were noteworthy for being the first of their kind or for their popularity, unusual and distinctive careers, or tragic losses. A number of ships were lost in Lake Michigan near Muskegon Harbor, and the stories of some of the most notable wrecks and rescue missions appear in this book, including the psychic intervention that led the William Nelson to the exciting rescue of the crew aboard the sinking Our Son. The book offers many first-hand statements of shipwreck survivors and other witnesses, lending an authentic voice to the accounts. |
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... piers where she lay stranded, subjected to the pounding waves. Lee responded to the crisis and managed to rescue Adams and his crew. Unfortunately the local newspaper account does not detail this brave exploit but simply states, “The ...
... piers where she lay stranded, subjected to the pounding waves. Lee responded to the crisis and managed to rescue Adams and his crew. Unfortunately the local newspaper account does not detail this brave exploit but simply states, “The ...
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... piers for one or more schooners to approach the channel and then the race was on to see who could get to them first. A single tug often took several schooners in tow. On one occasion, the tug McGordon, with Witherell at the helm, set a ...
... piers for one or more schooners to approach the channel and then the race was on to see who could get to them first. A single tug often took several schooners in tow. On one occasion, the tug McGordon, with Witherell at the helm, set a ...
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... pier, or threaten to strand a vessel some distance from more protected waters. With the busy traffic in and out of Muskegon's harbor and thus the greater likelihood of shipwrecks, local businessmen realized that improvements had to be ...
... pier, or threaten to strand a vessel some distance from more protected waters. With the busy traffic in and out of Muskegon's harbor and thus the greater likelihood of shipwrecks, local businessmen realized that improvements had to be ...
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... piers along both sides of the one-and-a-half-mile-long channel, with the pier on the south side at 1,500 feet and the pier on the north side at 500 feet. Both piers were extended out into Lake Michigan over the next several years.45 ...
... piers along both sides of the one-and-a-half-mile-long channel, with the pier on the south side at 1,500 feet and the pier on the north side at 500 feet. Both piers were extended out into Lake Michigan over the next several years.45 ...
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... piers. A beacon light was built on the south pier, now extended even further from shore. To make the lighthouse keeper's duty of maintaining the beacon easier even in stormy weather, a ten-foot-high catwalk was built on top of the south ...
... piers. A beacon light was built on the south pier, now extended even further from shore. To make the lighthouse keeper's duty of maintaining the beacon easier even in stormy weather, a ten-foot-high catwalk was built on top of the south ...
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3 Steamships and Car Ferries of Muskegon | 53 |
4 Maritime Muskegon in the Twentieth Century | 113 |
New Ships and Old | 151 |
The Good Captain | 155 |
Angus LinklaterThe Granada | 157 |
Capt J D DunbarThe R B King | 159 |
Frank BlakefieldThe Erie L Hackley | 169 |
Doc Ray CookeThe Alabama | 171 |
Guy E JonesThe Naomi | 175 |
Capt Edward MillerThe Muskegon | 177 |
Lyman NedeauThe Salvor | 181 |
Notes | 185 |
Glossary | 193 |
Bibliography | 197 |
Frank DulachThe Waukesha | 161 |
Frank Dulach Reiterates | 165 |
Toronto Evening TelegramThe Lyman M Davis | 167 |
Index | 207 |
Back_Cover
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Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Muskegon Elizabeth B. Sherman Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2003 |
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