The American-built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856
The American-built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856

Author: William L. Crothers

Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13: 9780071358231

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The American-Built Clipper Ship presents in detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Detailed drawings illustrate this work.

The American-built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856
The American-built Clipper Ship, 1850-1856

Author: William L. Crothers

Publisher: International Marine Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 568

ISBN-13:

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The American-Built Clipper Ship presents in detail 152 clippers that comprise the culmination of the shipbuilder's art. Every facet of clipper-ship design and construction is covered, from felling timber to details on interior finish work. Detailed drawings illustrate this work.

American-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850s
American-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850s

Author: William L. Crothers

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2013-06-07

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0786470062

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Up and down the Eastern seaboard during the 1850s, American shipyards constructed numerous large wooden merchant sailing vessels that formed the backbone of the commercial shipping industry. This comprehensive volume appraises in minute detail the construction of these ships, outlining basic design criteria and enumerating and examining every plank and piece of timber involved in the process, including the keel, frames, hull and deck planking, stanchions, knees, deck houses, bulworks, railings, interior structures and arrangements. More than 150 illustrations illuminate the size, shape, location and pertinent specifics of each item. Complete with a glossary of contemporary industry terms, this work represents the definitive study of the mid-nineteenth century's great American-built square rigged ships.

The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920
The American Clipper Ship, 1845-1920

Author: Glenn A. Knoblock

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-29

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0786471123

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This work offers a new and comprehensive account of the fastest and most beautiful sailing ships ever built. It explores the quest for speed on the seas from the early 1800s through the fast-paced times of the 1850s spurred on by the California Gold Rush of 1849. Not only are the career details of such noted ships as the Flying Cloud and Challenge discussed in detail, but they are also put in context with the times in which they operated. Their builders in East Coast states from Maine to Florida are discussed in detail, as are the men, and a woman in one instance, who commanded and manned these ships. The book documents the roles that owners and shipping agents played, what kinds of cargo the ships carried worldwide and the unusual trades in which they participated.

The Masting of American Merchant Sail in the 1850s
The Masting of American Merchant Sail in the 1850s

Author: William L. Crothers

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-08-13

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 0786493992

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This book describes the intricacies of the construction and fabrication more than 150 years ago of masts and yards installed in American merchant vessels, particularly those spars which were "built" or composed of multiple pieces bound together by iron bands. These were referred to as "made" spars as opposed to spars constructed from a single tree. It also contains instructions for developing the shape and proportions of various spars. Very little information is available on this subject. Generally, the external sizes of individual spars can be found but intimate details are sorely neglected. In addition, the book includes the spacing and location of masts in a ship, and the rake, and it discusses the types of wood that are most desirable in the construction of spars.