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"A race of shipbuilders" : the Hanscoms of Eliot, Maine
- Title
- "A race of shipbuilders" : the Hanscoms of Eliot, Maine / Richard E. Winslow III.
- Author
- Winslow, Richard Elliott, 1934-
- Publication
- Portsmouth, N.H. : Portsmouth Marine Society, 2013.
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Details
- Description
- vxii, 307 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 26 cm.
- Series Statement
- Publication 33
- Alternative Title
- Hanscoms of Eliot, Maine
- Subject
- Hanscom family
- Shipbuilding industry > United States > History
- Shipbuilding > United States > Biography
- Navy-yards and naval stations > United States > History
- Navy-yards and naval stations > Officials and employees > United States > Biography
- Naval architects > United States > Biography
- Maine > Biography
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.
- Contents
- The Hanscoms congregate at Eliot, Maine, 1650/1783 -- Shipbuilding at the Hanscom Yard, 1783/1848 -- Gold promotes Hanscom-built clippers and naval bases, 1848/1850s -- William Leighton Hanscom at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, 1852/1859 -- The Civil War engulfs the Hanscoms: Building the Union Navy, 1860/1862 -- "Superior warfare in ships": A new union navy of iron, 1862/1865 -- "A new era in naval architecture": Isaiah Hanscom -- At the Portsmouth Yard, 1862/1863 -- "One of our most energetic young shipmasters": Captain John Hanscom of the American merchant marine, 1835/1863 -- "I am busy from morn until night": Isaiah at the Norfolk Navy Yard, 1863/1865 -- "A true and staunch Republican": Simon Parker Hanscom, journalist and friend of presidents, 1819/1876 -- "One of the most successful naval architects": William L. Hanscom's obstructed post/Civil War career, 1866/1881 -- "The duties of constructor has [have] increased very much": Isaiah at the Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Boston Yards, 1865/1871 -- "Our commerce requires protection": Isaiah as chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1871/1875 -- "A constructor of first rate ability": Isaiah weathers the Congressional investigation storm, 1876/1880 -- "The biggest battleships show many of his ideas": Naval constructor John Forsyth Hanscom, 1842/1912 -- "Particularly well informed . . . in the construction of iron and steel vessels": Charles Ridgely Hanscom, 1850/1918 -- A promoter of aviation in Massachusetts: Laurence G. Hanscom, 1906/1941 -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- IQA 13-6610
- ISBN
- 9780915819416 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0915819414 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2013020105
- OCLC
- 846846892
- Author
- Winslow, Richard Elliott, 1934-
- Title
- "A race of shipbuilders" : the Hanscoms of Eliot, Maine / Richard E. Winslow III.
- Publisher
- Portsmouth, N.H. : Portsmouth Marine Society, 2013.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Publication 33
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-282) and index.
- Research Call Number
- IQA 13-6610