Author Results for Alan Platt
Straws in the Wind of Change: a Business Study of Two Barques in the Earlier Years of Sail’s Decline
Rarely used documents outline the commercial successes of two barques from Glasgow which took on the Far Eastern trade in the 1870s and early 1880s. The changing cargoes reflect the measure of the impact of the Suez Canal on such trade routes. The pay back time of 7.6 years proved this a very profitable enterprise. […] Read More
Filed under: Other (Nineteenth C) | Other (location)
Subjects include: Administration | Merchant Marines
Note: Alexander Cowan, Shipwright, 1904-2003
The long life of one of the shipwrights on the Clyde who survived the changing fortunes of the industry. Read More
Filed under: Other (Twentieth C) | Other (Nineteenth C) | Internal Waterways
Subjects include: Biography | Harbours & Dockyards