The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, 1966-1976 chronicles the late-twentieth-century industrial evolution of maritime commerce and shipping across the sprawling, interconnected inland waterways and treacherous coastal corridors of the Pacific seaboard. Newell and McCurdy detail how the region’s formidable aquatic topography—spanning the deep, protected anchorages of Puget Sound to the storm-battered, shifting sandbars of the Columbia River and the perilous tidal narrows of the Inside Passage—strictly dictated the engineering of specialized tugs, expansive ferry networks, and massive commercial vessels designed to conquer the sheer scale of the North Pacific. By mapping the rapid modernization of regional port infrastructure and the absolute reliance of remote island communities on marine transit to bridge vast expanses of open water, the narrative highlights the relentless logistical efforts required to navigate and extract wealth from this unforgiving marine environment safely. Ultimately, this encyclopedic record serves as a deeply localized spatial history, demonstrating how the complex, demanding hydrography of the Pacific Northwest inherently shaped the enduring resilience of its maritime industries and maintained the physical lifeline of its coastal frontier.

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"An illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry from 1965, the date of publication of the last such comprehensive history, The H.W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific Northwest, 1895-1965, and Lewis & Dryden's marine history of the Pacific Northwest, to the present time, with sketches and portraits of a number of well known marine men.""Manuscript provided by the Seattle Historical Society through a research grant from H.W. McCurdy."Includes indexLC copy 1 signed by the authorIssued in a case

"An illustrated review of the growth and development of the maritime industry from 1965, the date of publication of the last such comprehensive history, The H.W. McCurdy marine history of the Pacific Northwest, 1895-1965, and Lewis & Dryden's marine history of the Pacific Northwest, to the present time, with sketches and portraits of a number of well known marine men.""Manuscript provided by the Seattle Historical Society through a research grant from H.W. McCurdy."Includes indexLC copy 1 signed by the authorIssued in a case