C. Willett Spooner visual materials collection 1957-1960

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C. Willett Spooner visual materials collection 1957-1960

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Films, DVD use copies and streaming files the construction of the Great Lakes freighter Edmund Fitzgerald, the launchings of the freighters Herbert C. Jackson and Arthur B. Homer, and the maiden voyage of the Homer. These freighters were the last ships built by Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, Michigan

2 film reels (8mm, 550 ft.) with DVD use copy and streaming file

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390544

Bentley Historical Library

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Herbert C. Jackson (Ship)

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Spooner, C. Willett (collector).

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C. Willett Spooner was professor in the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the University of Michigan. In the late 1950s, he left the university in order to work in private industry. Perhaps in this connection, he was able to obtain these motion pictures relating to the construction of freighters by the Great Lakes Engineering Works of River Rouge, Michigan. From the guide to the C. Willett Spooner visual materials collection, 1957-1960, (Bentley ...

Great Lakes Engineering Works

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Edmund Fitzgerald (Ship)

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Arthur B. Homer (Ship)

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