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Framed vintage photograph of ecorse, michigan, circa 1906. This book is outstanding and covers the historic detroit area ship yard, its three yard locations and the more than 300 vessels they built. The shipyard great lakes engineering works and its vessels by shipbuilders detroit michigan the great lakes engineering works the shipyard and its vessels. Engine, great lakes engineering works library of congress. Great lakes steel owned the property where the works had been located, which included several slips or channels for the construction and repair of large ships. The new machine boasts a 300w fiber laser with the ability to cut thicker materials at a faster rate. Drawings show model steel ship construction in various stages. Great lakes engineering works, ecorseriver rouge mi. Written by eight professorsexperts to the fields about which they write. Always a family interest in great lakes ships as great grandpa was a fireman on a freighter then worked at detroit dry docks running the pumps so his kids had to. Great lakes engineering group, llc is a civil engineering company providing quality transportation services to state, municipal, and private clients. Over five hundred pages, this hard cover book took nearly four years to complete.
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