The lumber boom of coastal South Carolina : nineteenth-century shipbuilding and the devastation of lowcountry virgin forests / Robert McAlister.

Author/creator McAlister, Robert
Format Book
Publication InfoCharleston, SC : History Press, 2013.
Description110 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Lumber trade--South Carolina. --History. --19th century.
Forests and forestry--South Carolina. --History. --19th century.
Forest degradation--South Carolina. --History. --19th century.
Shipbuilding--Maine. --History. --19th century.

Contents Foreword / by Harriott Hampton Faucette -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1825-35: Henry Buck of Bucksport, Maine, establishes the first steam sawmill in South Carolina -- 1835-60: Buck's mills become the largest supplier of South Carolina lumber to the shipbuilders of Maine -- 1860-75: the Buck family survives the Civil War and resumes lumber shipments to the north -- The legacy of the Henrietta and Northeastern shipbuilding -- 1885-1900: the decline of Bucksville and the Buck family's lumber mills -- 1900-30: the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, the largest lumber mill east of the Mississippi River -- International Paper Company in Georgetown, the largest single paper mill in the world -- Conservation and forest restoration in lowcountry South Carolina -- Epilogue: summer in the swamps of lowcountry South Carolina -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and index.
LCCN 2013040604
ISBN9781626192782 (paperback)
ISBN1626192782 (paperback)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Item has been checked out HD9757 .S6 M33 2013 Due 01/14/2027 Want This?