Stephen of Linthouse. A record of two hundred years of shipbuilding, 1750-1950
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- Author(s) Carvel, John L
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1950
- Pages 211pp; illus
- Publisher The firm
- Place Published Glasgow
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- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Narrative commissioned history. Has chapters: 'Early days, 1750-1828'; 'Riding out the storms, 1828-50'; 'Arrival on the Clyde, 1850-60'; 'Composite ships, 1861-69'; 'Whalers and clippers, 1843-84'; 'Move to Linthouse, 1869-73'; 'A period of transition, 1871-78'; 'Dawn of the steel age, 1878-94'; 'A man of mark, 1894-99'; 'Notable advances, 1899-1905'; 'Old friends and new orders, 1905-14'; 'War - ships and planes, 1914-19'; 'Through heavy seas, 1919-25'; 'Crisis in the industry, 1926-39'; 'Another war contribution, 1939-45'; 'Ship surgery, 1813-1945'; 'The post war years, 1945-50'; 'Enlightened policies, 1918-50'; 'Yachts and Yachtsmen, 1878-1937'; 'Linthouse today, 1950'. Extensive appendices listing ships built, arranged by yard [pp177-203]. Family tree of Stephens family. List of directors from 1900