American-Built Packets and Freighters of the 1850s: An Illustrated Study of Their Characteristics and Construction

by William L. Crothers

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786470062
• ISBN13: 9780786470068
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher