Author: HILL, ROBERT C.
Title: Railway & Marine News, a Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, June 15, 1911, Vol. IX, No. 11 - Launching of the Titanic!
Description: Seattle, Washington: Railway & Marine News, 1911. First Edition. Magazine. Features: Reasons Why the Canadian Pacific is So Prosperous; Spokane Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited; Value of Steel Equipment Demonstrated in Wreck of the Crack Milwaukee Train, Columbian on May 30th east of Ralston, WA; Continued Smuggling of Opium into West Coast Ports Aboard Trans-Pacific Steamships; Professional Biography of Joseph H. Young, President of Alaska Steamship Co. - with photo; Contracts Let for Coaling Plants in Seattle and Tacoma - article with two photos; $1 Million Available for Improvements at Moran Shipyards; Record Run Between Puget Sound and Callao by Schooner Wilbert L. Smith; After 20 Years on the Seattle-Tacoma Run, Steamer Flyer is Sold - Feature article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo of Steamer Tampico Submerged in Seattle Harbor; Photo of New Boilers for Steamer Charmer built by Commercial Boiler Works of Seattle; Effects of the Panama Canal on Pacific Coast - Oriental Trade; News of Tacoma; Launching of the Titanic - 1/3 page article including photo of the Titanic in drydock with man standing below her massive 100-ton rudder; Charming one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West" which connected Seattle with San Francisco; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9".; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; Canadian Pacific, Spokane Rate Decision, Safety of Steel Equipment, Milwaukee Train Columbian, Trainwreck - Ralston WA, Opium - smuggling, Joseph H. Young, Alaska Steamship Co, Seattle Coaling Plant, Tacoma Coaling Plant, Moran Shipyards, Puget Sound - C. Good .
Keywords: . . Nautical Back Issues
Title: Railway & Marine News, a Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, June 15, 1911, Vol. IX, No. 11 - Launching of the Titanic!
Description: Seattle, Washington: Railway & Marine News, 1911. First Edition. Magazine. Features: Reasons Why the Canadian Pacific is So Prosperous; Spokane Rate Decision Eagerly Awaited; Value of Steel Equipment Demonstrated in Wreck of the Crack Milwaukee Train, Columbian on May 30th east of Ralston, WA; Continued Smuggling of Opium into West Coast Ports Aboard Trans-Pacific Steamships; Professional Biography of Joseph H. Young, President of Alaska Steamship Co. - with photo; Contracts Let for Coaling Plants in Seattle and Tacoma - article with two photos; $1 Million Available for Improvements at Moran Shipyards; Record Run Between Puget Sound and Callao by Schooner Wilbert L. Smith; After 20 Years on the Seattle-Tacoma Run, Steamer Flyer is Sold - Feature article with photo; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law; Photo of Steamer Tampico Submerged in Seattle Harbor; Photo of New Boilers for Steamer Charmer built by Commercial Boiler Works of Seattle; Effects of the Panama Canal on Pacific Coast - Oriental Trade; News of Tacoma; Launching of the Titanic - 1/3 page article including photo of the Titanic in drydock with man standing below her massive 100-ton rudder; Charming one-page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West" which connected Seattle with San Francisco; and more. 44 pages including several pages of nostalgic ads, some illustrated in black and white, featuring local marine and rail interests. Printed upon glossy coated stock. Average wear. Binding intact. Few library markings to front cover. A well-preserved copy of this highly-informative memento of Pacific Northwest transportation over a century ago. 12" x 9".; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; Canadian Pacific, Spokane Rate Decision, Safety of Steel Equipment, Milwaukee Train Columbian, Trainwreck - Ralston WA, Opium - smuggling, Joseph H. Young, Alaska Steamship Co, Seattle Coaling Plant, Tacoma Coaling Plant, Moran Shipyards, Puget Sound - C. Good .
Keywords: . . Nautical Back Issues
Price: US$ 750.00 Seller: RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage Magazines
- Book number: 447h5620
- Book number: 447h5620