Stanton's American Steam Vessels: The Classic Illustrations

Samuel Ward Stanton

Courier Corporation, Jan 14, 2003 - Transportation - 256 pages

Expert renderings of more than 250 vessels that sailed American coastal waters, rivers, and Great Lakes. Full-length view of each vessel; information on length of hull, type of engine and boiler, and size of paddle wheels or propellers. Includes the "Alabama," " Iron Queen," "Monitor," "Robert E. Lee," " Thomas Jefferson," many more. 488 black-and-white illustrations.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Stanton's American Steam Vessels: The Classic Illustrations; Dover Pictorial Archives
• Author: Samuel Ward Stanton
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Courier Corporation, 2003
• ISBN: 0486423301, 9780486423302
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / History; Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial