Picture 1 of 2
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 2
Stock photo
Steam Tugs: A Colour Portfolio by David L. Williams (Hardcover, 2002)
World of Books Ltd (10227432)
98.4% positive Feedback
Price:
£3.89
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay delivery label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Steam Tugs: A Colour Portfolio. Author:Williams, David L. The feel-good place to buy books. In 2002, World of Books was founded on an ethos to do good, protect the planet, and support charities by enabling more goods to be reused.
- Buy it nowSteam Tugs: A Colour Portfolio, Williams, David L.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Information
Although the great passenger liners such as Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary epitomised the height of luxurious sea travel, they never would have been able to function properly without assistance of the more mundane tug and pilot ships that used to be such a familiar sight in British waters. From the end of the 1950s onwards, the late Kenneth Wightman travelled widely around coastal Britain making a colour record of maritime operations. His unique archive of transparencies, allied to his comprehensive records of the period, reveal a fascinating snapshot of a period when steam tugs were still plentiful and formed an essential part of the marine economy. By the 1960s much of the traditional trade that they served was living on borrowed time to be replaced by jet airliners and container ships, and so the steam tug became increasingly uneconomic, and many of the scenes that Wightman recorded are now but distant memories. Based around some stunning colour photographs, allied to David Williams well-informed and detailed text, the book provides readers with a nostalgic trip back in time, to an era when the country's ports and harbours resounded to the bustle of cargo and passenger ships.Product Identifiers
PublisherCrecy Publishing
ISBN-139780711028579
eBay Product ID (ePID)92009437
Product Key Features
Book TitleSteam Tugs: a Colour Portfolio
AuthorDavid L. Williams
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicShips
Publication Year2002
Number of Pages80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height240mm
Item Width184mm
Item Weight446g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorDavid L. Williams
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
All listings for this product
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 25 Nov, 2020
Useful book
Nice little book for those interested in UK tugs. I bought this to assist my model making and found it to be very interesting and useful.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
