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Title: Railway & Marine News, a Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, April 1, 1911, Vol. IX, No. 6 - What the Panama Canal Means to Pacific Commerce
Description: Seattle, Washington: Railway & Marine News, 1911. First Edition. Magazine. Features: John F. Stevens, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, discusses what the Panama Canal means to Pacific commerce, with illustration of Mr. Stevens; Fine Passenger Engines in Service on W.-O.R. & N. Line - article with photo of new locomotive; Alaska Syndicate Concentrates Attention on Transportation - The Sale of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. will widen the scope of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway; Outline of Navy Department's Attitude Towards the Pacific Coast - An Address by Engineer-in-Chief Hutch I. Cone, U.S.N.; Classy Stern-Wheeler Launched - the W.H. Bancroft; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law - article with photo of the four-masted Schooner Willis A. Holden, as she appeared after being disabled in a storm on 12 February; Alaska Oil Will Furnish New Traffic; Tacoma News; One page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West"; One-page ad for Seattle's Vulcan Iron Works features an aerial illustration of the plant; Half-page ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and spraying water; and more. 40 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. 6" x 1" piece missing from back cover - text unaffected. 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; John F. Stevens, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, Panama Canal, Pacific commerce, Fine Passenger Engines, W.-O.R. & N. Line, Alaska Syndicate, Northwestern Fisheries Co, Alaska Steamship Co, Copper River & Northwestern Railway, Navy Department Polic. Good .
Keywords: . & W. O.R. & . . Nautical Issues
Title: Railway & Marine News, a Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, April 1, 1911, Vol. IX, No. 6 - What the Panama Canal Means to Pacific Commerce
Description: Seattle, Washington: Railway & Marine News, 1911. First Edition. Magazine. Features: John F. Stevens, president of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, discusses what the Panama Canal means to Pacific commerce, with illustration of Mr. Stevens; Fine Passenger Engines in Service on W.-O.R. & N. Line - article with photo of new locomotive; Alaska Syndicate Concentrates Attention on Transportation - The Sale of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. will widen the scope of the Alaska Steamship Co. and the Copper River & Northwestern Railway; Outline of Navy Department's Attitude Towards the Pacific Coast - An Address by Engineer-in-Chief Hutch I. Cone, U.S.N.; Classy Stern-Wheeler Launched - the W.H. Bancroft; Review of Marine Insurance and Shipping Law - article with photo of the four-masted Schooner Willis A. Holden, as she appeared after being disabled in a storm on 12 February; Alaska Oil Will Furnish New Traffic; Tacoma News; One page illustrated ad for The Shasta Limited, "The Finest Train in the West"; One-page ad for Seattle's Vulcan Iron Works features an aerial illustration of the plant; Half-page ad for the Willamette Iron & Steel Works features photo of fireboat "Geo. H. Williams" belching black smoke and spraying water; and more. 40 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. 6" x 1" piece missing from back cover - text unaffected. 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; John F. Stevens, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, Panama Canal, Pacific commerce, Fine Passenger Engines, W.-O.R. & N. Line, Alaska Syndicate, Northwestern Fisheries Co, Alaska Steamship Co, Copper River & Northwestern Railway, Navy Department Polic. Good .
Keywords: . & W. O.R. & . . Nautical Issues
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- Book number: 447h5625
- Book number: 447h5625