Barge Building And Barge Builders Of The Swale..
Bound in pictorial laminated boards. Small neat ink inscription on front paste-down; otherwise fine condition.
£20.00
Publisher
Meresborough Books, 17 Station Road, Rainham, Gillingham, Kent, ME8 7RS.,
Place
Rainham
Date
1990
Item Description
8vo. 6 x 8.5 inches. 130 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by black and white photographs, drawings and facsimiles in text.
Notes
A detailed history of barge building on the Swale, including a description of the construction process. Donald Sattin became an apprentice shipwright in Alfred Marconi White's barge building yard at Conyer in 1936, eventually becoming foreman shipwright of the yard.
[Stock No. 21125]
Subjects
20th Century • History • Kent • Maritime • North Kent • Shipping • Ships