'Operational problems of the transfer to steam. Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co, c1820-1845' in T C Smout (ed), Scotland and the Sea
Details:
- Author(s) Jackson, Gordon
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1992
- Pages pp154-81
- Publisher John Donald Publishers
- Place Published Edinburgh
Topics:
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with the largest, albeit of generally small scale, coastal shipping business at Dundee looking at its day to day operating issues although largely considered in relation to its conversion from sail to steam - accounting procedures, competition, freight rates, shore facilities, crew selection, etc, etc