Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. (Book Reviews).(Review)

From: Michigan Historical Review | Date: March 22, 2000| Author: Mason, Kathy S. | Copyright information

Al Miller. Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999. Pp. 349. Bibliography. Index. Appendices. Illustrations. Cloth, $34.95.

The Pittsburgh Steamship Company was the largest feet on the Great Lakes in the twentieth century. In Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company, Al Miller traces the story of this important fleet, from its creation in 1901 as an iron-ore carrier for the United Sta...

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