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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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/77912 2023-12-31T09:59:43+01:00 Wooden Walls 1970/05/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77912 eng eng W 1968 [1860's] SEARY,STORY,KIRWIN Avalon Peninsula 29 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13507 W_13507_wooden a http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77912 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1970 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:38Z 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 Manuscript Antarc* Arctic Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
Wooden Walls
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description 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
format Manuscript
title Wooden Walls
title_short Wooden Walls
title_full Wooden Walls
title_fullStr Wooden Walls
title_full_unstemmed Wooden Walls
title_sort wooden walls
publishDate 1970
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/77912
genre Antarc*
Arctic
Newfoundland
genre_facet Antarc*
Arctic
Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation W
1968 [1860's] SEARY,STORY,KIRWIN Avalon Peninsula
29
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
13507
W_13507_wooden a
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