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Shrimp boat cityEntry/Object ID
Library.1264Description
xvi, 306 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 28 cm.
Shrimp boat city by Ed Long.
Shrimp Boat City is an illustrated essay about St. Augustine's strong connection to commercial shrimping and boatbuilding. Not only did St. Augustine serve as a center for commercial shrimping from 1922 until the early 1950s, the ancient city became the trawler-building capital of the world...
Heavily illustrated.
Contents: The Families -- Shrimp boats: origin, design, and history -- Shrimp docks and fish houses -- A century of evolution: shrimp nets and rigs throughout the 20th century -- Between trips: hauling out -- Blessing the fleet -- Short tows: stories at sea --Roll call: pictures from a century of fishing and building -- Glossary -- Index.
Includes information on L.C. Ringhaver, owner of Diesel Engine Sale, later known as DESCO. He also started Ring Power Corporation, a Caterpillar equipment dealership network and service provider. Ring Power's headquarters were originally located in Jacksonville. Ringhaver Park in Jacksonville, Florida is also named for Ringhaver. His family made memorial donations for the park's initial development. Ringhaver had served as a trustee of Jacksonville University and as president of the Greater Jacksonville Open for two terms.
Lambert Christian Ringhaver (1910–1976) aka L.C. RinghaverCollection
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Boatbuilding -- Florida -- Saint Augustine., Fishing boats -- Florida., Shrimp boats -- Florida., Shrimpers (Persons) -- Florida., Shrimp industry -- Florida -- Saint Augustine -- History. , Ringhaver, L. C. (Lambert Christian), 1910–1976.Publication Details
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Long, Ed., Burke, Brendan.Publisher
St. Augustine Lighthouse & MuseumPlace Published
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St. Augustine, FLCall No.
VM 321 .L66 2015ISBN
9780989428118