Riverboat Technology and Riverboat Builder for the Yukon River, 1896-1906
http://localhistory.vpl.ca/link/cni38568
- Author
- Green, Jerry E.
- Date
- Spring/Fall 2004
- Geographic Location
- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Abstract
- "Most of the construction, outfitting, and competition to meet the needs of the riverboat trade occured in the nine years after the announcement of the discovery [1897]. At the onset of the [gold] rush, fewer than a dozen vessels were involved in meeting the needs of Yukon River transportation."
- Author
- Green, Jerry E.
- Role
- Author
- Date
- Spring/Fall 2004
- Period
- 1896
- Corporation
- Moran Brothers
- Joseph Supple
- Union Iron Works
- Geographic Location
- Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)
- Material Type
- magazine article
- Physical Description
- illustrations
- Source Title
- Alaska History A Publication of the Alaska Historical Society
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 44-61
- Abstract
- "Most of the construction, outfitting, and competition to meet the needs of the riverboat trade occured in the nine years after the announcement of the discovery [1897]. At the onset of the [gold] rush, fewer than a dozen vessels were involved in meeting the needs of Yukon River transportation."