Tin Stackers

The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company

By: Al Miller

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Hardcover | 1 July 1999

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Tin Stackers tells its story of the role of the U.S. Steel Corporation's largest commercial fleet.

Formed in 1901 by U.S. Steel Corporation, the Pittsburgh Steamship Company became the largest commercial fleet in the world and assumed a dominant role in Great Lakes shipping and the American steel industry. Tin Stackers tells its story: the ships, the men who sailed them, and the conditions that shaped their times. Drawing on company records and interviews with officials and sailors, Miller tells how the fleet kept organized labor off Great Lakes ships while leading the way in efficient operation, technological advancement, and employee safety. He emphasizes the human element in the company's history by relating the personal challenges faced by crews, and includes many archival photographs. Now navigating the waters of the lakes as the USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc., these ships continue to play a part in commerce. Tin Stackers preserves their role in industrial history.

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Overall, this is a very readable account of a century of change within the Pittsurgh Steamship Company. Mr. Miller maintains the interest of the reader by emphasizing the human element in this story.In short, academics and casual readers would enjoy this book.Note should also be made of the excellent photographs that are spaced throughout the text.--Jerome K. Laurent "University of Wisconsin-Whitewater "

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Acknowledgments	p. 7
List of Terms	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Forged of Steel	p. 15
E Pluribus Unum	p. 31
Coulby Comes Aboard	p. 51
The Pace Quickens	p. 85
War and Peace	p. 103
The Roaring Twenties	p. 125
Tin Stackers Go to War	p. 143
A Billion Tons of Ore	p. 163
A New Leader, A New Look	p. 191
Into the Future	p. 213
Modern Times	p. 243
Vessels Built, Purchased, and Acquired	p. 261
Vessels Sold, Scrapped, and Lost	p. 263
Vessels of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company	p. 267
Original Vessels of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company	p. 321
Notes	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 335
Index	p. 339
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