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THE ATLANTIC FERRY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

by F. Reid Corson

Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.. Circa. 1937

Good condition. Pale blue cloth, black titles. Colour folding frontis and b/w plates & illustrations.

Mottling to cloth boards. Fraying/splits to top sides of spine. Spine faded. Neat inscription in ink to front pastedown. One hinge pulled but binding tight.

Stock no. 1810421

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Contents

  • The Ferry in 1900
  • The Comng of the Turbine
  • The Years Before the War
  • The War and its Aftermath
  • Post-War Developments on the Ferry
  • The Cunard Line
  • The White Star and Leyland Lines
  • The Anchor, Anchor-Donaldson, and Scandinavian Lines
  • The Dominion, Beaver, Allan, and Canadian Pacific Lines
  • The American, Red Star, Atlantic Transport, and United States Lines
  • The German Lines
  • The French and Dutch Lines
  • The Italian Lines
  • "Rolling Down to Rio"
  • The Future of the Atlantic Ferry
  • Wireless Telegraphy on the Atlantic
  • Tragedies of the Atlantic
  • The Appendices:
  • A. House-flags and Funnels of the Atlantic Lines
  • B. Some Notable Atlantic Liners
  • C. Dimensions and Speed of Representative Liners
  • D. Chart Showing the Developments since 1900 of the Atlantic Liner
  • E. Manning of the Atlantic Liner
  • F. Important Ships which have changed their Names
  • G. Numbers of passengers carried in 1928 and 1929 by the Seven Leading Lines
  • H. List of Vessels Lost on the Ferry since 1899
  • I. The Blue Riband; Atlantic Speed Records since 1900

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