Ships of Steel: A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (874 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1550172425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Also included are anecdotal and technical information from McLaren's archives, memories from his colleagues, and provincial steel shipbuilding statistics and photographs published here for the first time. A century ago, the steel ships working coastal waters were built elsewhere. This invaluable oral history is presented in the context of an engaging, readable history of the industry by Vickie Jensen, a marine writer who was a friend of Arthur McLaren. Gradually marine engineers began migrating to the coast with their families, and the BC industry got underway.Ships of Steel chronicles that industry from the early development of steel construction facilities, equipment and qualified personnel; to the World War II boom when BC yards delivered two 10,000-ton freighters every week; to the postwar production of tugs, barges, fish boats and sophisticated supply vessels; to the present day.The heart of the story is a half-century's worth of observations and recollections by Arthur McLaren (1919-99), a natural storyteller who owned and ran Allied Shipbuilders for 50 years and who knew the business inside out. Ships of Steel is a behind-the-scenes look at a coastal shipyard, an invaluable piece of BC maritime and industrial history, and a tribute to the skill, determination and ingenuity of BC's shipbuilding crews.
WD became managing director of West Coast Shipbuilders, established on False Creek at the outbreak of World War II. For three decades, she and her husband Jay Powell have worked with First Nations elders to produce more than thirty schoolbooks, documenting a variety of Native languages spoken on the Northwest Coast. Vickie spent several months with a Nisgda totem pole carving crew, a collaboration that resulted in Totem Pole Carving. Bringing a Log to Life and the childre@s book Carving a Totem Pole. He and his wife Dorothy raised three sons, James, Douglas and Malcolm, who continue with Allied Shipbuilders.Vickie Jensen has built her writing career around the importance of documenting and validating work. Her interest in writing about work exte
Great Local History for any Maritime Buff Mix the memories of a master shipbuilder, some family history thu three generations, a brief but surprisingly thorough look at British Columbia's past and present steel-shipbuilding industry, and top it all off with comprehensive details on every vessel built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd, from 1Great Local History for any Maritime Buff Hugh C. Ware Mix the memories of a master shipbuilder, some family history thu three generations, a brief but surprisingly thorough look at British Columbia's past and present steel-shipbuilding industry, and top it all off with comprehensive details on every vessel built by Allied Shipbuilders Ltd, from 14' tugboats to sophisticated icebreakers that opened up Canada's North for oil production-that's what this book provides. Both authors wrote well and the book production is superb, with plenty of photos. I liked Ships of Steel" immensely!. ' tugboats to sophisticated icebreakers that opened up Canada's North for oil production-that's what this book provides. Both authors wrote well and the book production is superb, with plenty of photos. I liked Ships of Steel" immensely!
He had always wanted to build ships, and in 1948 he launched his own company, Allied Builders (later renamed Allied Shipbuilders Ltd.)-against the advice of his father, who suggested a business with "more future." Over the next half century Arthur went on to build more than 250 vessels, always leading by the example of common sense, honesty an