Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company

by Al Miller

Tin Stackers tells its story of the role of the U.S. Steel Corporation's largest commercial fleet.

Formed in 1901 by U.S. Steel Corporation, the Pittsburgh Steamship Company became the largest commercial fleet in the world and assumed a dominant role in Great Lakes shipping and the American steel industry. Tin Stackers tells its story: the ships, the men who sailed them, and the conditions that shaped their times. Drawing on company...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814328326
• ISBN13: 9780814328323
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"