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The 'Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through the channel in the mad March days', which inspired those famous lines by John Masefield was, in reality, a death trap. In the nineteenth century thousands of colliers steamed out of the north east coal ports, heading south and were never seen again. Many of those losses were due to just one inherent weakness in design: the hatch cover, a cumbersome and dangerously inefficient arrangement of wooden planks covered by heavy tarpaulins. It was not until late in the 1930s that they were to be superseded and this change in attitude gave impetus to the work of two dedicated naval architects - Robert and Joseph MacGregor. Since 1925 Robert had worked to perfect an acceptable design of steel hatch cover. In 1933 he entered into partnership with his brother Joseph and in November 1945 Henri Kummerman arrived on the Tyne for his first meeting with the MacGregors. Kummerman's extraordinary entrepreneurial talent was to be the catalyst that activated the now legendary success of the international MacGregor organisation. That these men came together to change the shape of ships is a matter of record. The driving energy and passion with which Henri Kummerman set about telling the world about the need for change are described in the pages of this book, as is the story of this highly successful multinational business.
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- PublisherLLP Professional Publishing
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 1850442428
- ISBN 13 9781850442424
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages272
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xiv, 257 pages. Index. Numerous quality black and white reproductions of archival photos. "Since 1924 Robert MacGregor had worked to perfect an acceptable design of steel hatch cover. In 1933 he entered into partnership with his brother Joseph and in November 1945 Henri Kummerman arrived on the Tyne for his first meeting with the MacGregors. Kummerman's extraordinary entrepreneurial talent was to be the catalyst that activated the now legendary success of the international MacGregor organisation. That these men came together to change the shape of ships is a matter of record. The driving energy and passion with which Henri Kummerman set about telling the world about the need for change are descriobed in the pages of this book, as is the story of this highly successful multinational business." - dust jacket. Gift greetings upon front endpaper otherwise book tight, square, clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Light wear to dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival quality Brodart. A quality copy of this excellent history. Seller Inventory # 342h5041
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