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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       Subjects     Shipbuilding -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou (County) -- History.     Shipbuilding -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Shipbuilding industry -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Shipwrights -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou -- History.     Shipyards -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.     Pictou (N.S.) -- Newspapers -- History.     Browse Catalog       by title:      The story of Pictou'...       by call number:      338.4762382 S887     Search the Web     Shipbuilding -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou (County) -- History.     Shipbuilding -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Shipbuilding industry -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.     Shipwrights -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou -- History.     Shipyards -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.     Pictou (N.S.) -- Newspapers -- History.       MARC Display

The story of Pictou's Park ships / compiled by Ron Wallis. The author], 2004. Call #: 338.4762382 S887 Subjects Shipbuilding -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou (County) -- History.   Shipbuilding -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.   Shipbuilding industry -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.   Shipwrights -- Nova Scotia -- Pictou -- History.   Shipyards -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Transportation.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.   Pictou (N.S.) -- Newspapers -- History. ISBN:  9780973539301 (pbk.) 0973539305 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Pictou's Park ships Description:  180 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Summary:  Park Ships were merchant steamships constructed for Canada's Merchant Navy during World War II. Park ships were the Canadian equivalent of the American Liberty Ships and the British Fort Ships. In Pictou, A total of twenty-four 4,700 ton Scandinavian class freighters were built in Pictou under Canada's Wartime Shipbuilding Program during the Second World War. The first to be built was the S.S. Victoria Park. It was launched on October 22, 1942. This book tells the story through articles from the Pictou Advocate and the Foundation Maritime employee newsletter, 'The Fo'c'sle," accompanied by photographs taken between 1941 and 1945. Other authors:  Wallis, Ron. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Local History Collection 338.4762382 S887 Non-circulating Local History Room - Central Library, 4th Floor Add Copy to MyList

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