Iron Shipbuilding on the Thames, 1832–1915
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A J Arnold
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Blackwall Yard
British Admiralty contracts
Broken Tackle
Build Ships
Building Iron Ships
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Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
Cubitt Town
Economic
economic decline analysis
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George Green
GSN.
HMS Albion
Iron
Iron Hulled Ships
Iron Shipbuilding
Iron Ships
Jam Factory
maritime industrial history
Millwall Ironworks
Millwall Shipyard
naval procurement
Net Tons
Orchard Shipyard
Royal Mail Steam Packet
Shipbuilding
shipyard business records
Speciality Work
Thames
Thames iron shipbuilding industry study
Thames Iron Works
Thames Ironworks
Torpedo Boats
UK Shipbuilding
UK Trade
Victorian engineering
Wooden Paddle Steamer
Product details
- ISBN 9781138728165
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 150 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 29 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This title was first published in 2000. 'Little better documented than King Arthur or Robin Hood' complained one historian in 1998 describing the lack of information on Thames shipbuilding. This study of iron shipbuilding on the capital's river fills this noticeable gap. A.J. Arnold examines the initial domination of the iron shipbuilding trade by Thames firms from the launch of the first iron vessel on the river in 1832 to the end of serious Thames-side shipbuilding in 1915. For the first time, the factors that caused the industry's demise are explored fully, together with an analysis of the effect it had on its locality. Extending existing series of data, the book includes information on annual shipbuilding tonnage and the number of vessels constructed, and further looks at tonnage built for foreign citizens, companies and navies, and for the British Admirality. This broader and deeper statistical survey is supplemented with less systematic documentation such as memorabilia and business records to arrive at the most complete picture yet of a once pre-eminent British industry. A.J. Arnold is Professor of Accounting and Business History at the University of Essex.
