ISBN: 9780738535043 - groton (images of america) (7 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Groton, a seatown, has historically been of great import in naval endeavors and sea voyages. Boats and the sea have always been an important part of the history of Groton, known as the submarine capital of the world. It is home to a U.S. submarine base and to General Dynamics-Electric Boat. Electric Boat's prolific submarine construction in the 1940s helped America win World War II, and it was in Groton that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built and launched. The village of Mystic, now a popular tourist destination, was home to the nineteenth-century shipyards that built the Andrew Jackson, the clipper ship that made the record-setting voyage between New York and San Francisco, and the Galena, the first oceangoing ironclad used by the Union navy during the Civil War.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. U.S.A.: Arcadia Publishing, 2004. Second printing. Softcover with light edgewear, firm binding, name on front free endpaper, pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Groton, a seatown, has historically been of great import in naval endeavors and sea voyages.Boats and the sea have always been an important part of the history of Groton, known as the submarine capital of the world. It is home to a U.S. submarine base and to General Dynamics-Electric Boat. Electric Boat's prolific submarine construction in the 1940s helped America win World War II, and it was in Groton that the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was built and launched. The village of Mystic, now a popular tourist destination, was home to the nineteenth-century shipyards that built the Andrew Jackson, the clipper ship that made the record-setting voyage between New York and San Francisco, and the Galena, the first oceangoing ironclad used by the Union navy during the Civil War.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorGroton, compiled by three members of the Groton Tercentennial Committee, takes the reader on a photographic tour of the town s history. Two hundred vintage photographs from local archives and private collections tell t.