Ketchum's folly - Softcover
"Even today, after man has been to the moon and regularly takes jaunts into space, the idea of a huge ship being transported by rail over dry land in order to avoid the stormy waters elsewhere sounds like science fiction." The author states in his introduction. "Perhaps that was the Chignecto Ship's Railway's problem." IN examining Henry Ketchum's dream, and both his spectacular successes and failures, Jay Underwood contributes to a better understanding of an interesting segment in Maritimes' history.
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- PublisherLancelot Press
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0889995532
- ISBN 13 9780889995536
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages130
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Ketchum's Folly
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. Stiff clean book in glossy covers; unamrked but for inscription to front endpaper signed by Underwood. ; 7.9 X 5.4 X 0.4 inches; 80 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 59227
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Covers are curled upward. Black sharpie mark on title page. Seller Inventory # 009337
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 130 pp, b/w plates. Lightly curled corners. Signature and date title page - interior o/w unmarked, spine straight and uncreased. Seller Inventory # 012059
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. B & W Photos, Maps (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original pictorial trade paperback with photo of Ketchum on cover, and white and black lettering. Small crease at top of back cover. In the 1880's, Henry Ketchum formed the Chignecto Marine Transport Railway Company in a bid to build the first ship railway in the world - a shortcut for ships from the Bay of Fundy to the Northumberland Strait at Baie Verte. In 1891, they were three-quarters finished the project, but the money ran out, and the government wouldn't give them any more. 130 pp. including Bibliography. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 014272
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