Wooden Walls

wooden a After the turn of the half-century, the number of vessels and men prosecuting the seal fishery declined. One cause was the introduction of large steamships in the 1860's, the famous Wooden Walls, requiring an investment difficult to recoup in the off-season, for few of the great ships...

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Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Antarc*
Arctic
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77912
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Summary:wooden a After the turn of the half-century, the number of vessels and men prosecuting the seal fishery declined. One cause was the introduction of large steamships in the 1860's, the famous Wooden Walls, requiring an investment difficult to recoup in the off-season, for few of the great ships were designed for anything other than the seal fishery and arctic and antarcitc voyages. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story MAY 1970 JH MAY 1970 Used I Used I Used I wooden walls, wooden fleet, The Wooden Walls, woodenwalls

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