Railway & Marine News, A Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, March 15, 1912, Vol. X, No. 5 - Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver
by Whitham, Paul P
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- Paperback
- Condition
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Seattle, Washington: Railway & Marine News, 1912. Magazine. Good. Magazine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Features: New Transcontinental Railroad is Planned; Railroad Construction Work in Western Canada; A Study of Railroad Accidents; Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver - article with photo of the new structure; Proposed Improvements for the Port of Seattle - Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island; San Francisco Preparing for Panama Canal Trade - major article with graph, table and photo of one of San Francisco's new concrete piers; Control of Freight Rates Through Panama Canal; Professional Biography of Marcus Talbot, Manager of the Port of Portland (with photo of Mr. Talbot); Provisions of New Visual Rule; Death of Noted Admiralty Lawyer Charles Page - major article; That Olympic-Hawke Collision; Legal Decisions; High-Class Salvage job of the fishing steamer Independent - article with photo of the vessel being held up by two barges; Captain William Kidston - obituary; Veteran Shipmaster Albert H. Laffin - Obituary; Veteran Tug Boat Captain William Gove - Obituary; Hong Kong Harbor Needs Deepening - after visit by the big American Steamer Minnesota; New Invention for Calming Big Seas; and much 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". .
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- Title
- Railway & Marine News, A Semi-Monthly Publication Devoted to Pacific Coast Transportation Interests, March 15, 1912, Vol. X, No. 5 - Grand Trunk Pacific Completes Fine Dock at Vancouver
- Author
- Whitham, Paul P
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- Railway & Marine News
- Place of Publication
- Seattle, Washington
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- Transcontinental Railroad, Railroad Construction - Western Canada, Railroad Accidents, Grand Trunk Pacific, Vancouver - docks, Port of Seattle - Improvements, Smith's Cove, Salmon Bay, East Waterway, Central Waterfront District, Harbor Island, San Fra
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical; Transportation;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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