Shipbuilding at Quebec, 1763-1893 : The Square Rigger Trade

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
Shipbuilding at Quebec, 1763-1893 : The Square Rigger Trade
Abstract
The author researched the construction of square riggers at Quebec between 1763 and 1893, as revealed principally by the shipping registers of the port, notarial records, Lloyd's Survey Reports, newspaper advertisements and reports, city directories and census reports. She describes the historical background of the trade and local conditions affecting it, identifies the Quebec shipbuilders, pinpointing when and where they worked, describes the shipyards and various aspects of the shipbuilding business, takes a look at the workers and the specialized shipbuilding trades and outlines the techniques they used. The author also describes and classifies the vessels that were built giving details of their materials and equipment, and looks briefly at their purchasers. The author concludes that the production of the Quebec shipyards filled a specific need for spacious, light, fast carriers, until the third quarter of the nineteenth century when improved metallurgical technology allowed their place to be taken by metal-hulled ships.
Type
PhD dissertation
University
Université Laval
Place
Québec, QC
Date
1987
# of Pages
xviii-731p.
Language
en
URL
Citation
Reid Marcil, Eileen. “Shipbuilding at Quebec, 1763-1893 : The Square Rigger Trade.” PhD dissertation, Université Laval, 1987. https://corpus.ulaval.ca/jspui/handle/20.500.11794/29231.
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