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West Coast lumber trade

Index West Coast lumber trade

The West Coast lumber trade was a maritime trade route on the West Coast of the United States. [1]

58 relations: American President Lines, Australia, Barque, Bodega, California, Brick, C.A. Thayer (1895), California Gold Rush, Cape Horn, Carl Nolte, Coal, Dog-hole ports, Douglas fir, Eureka, California, Fairhaven, California, Finschhafen, Forestville, California, Fort Bragg, California, Hans Ditlev Bendixsen, Hawaii, History of the west coast of North America, Humboldt Bay, Humboldt County, California, Inca (schooner), Johanna Smith (ship), John B. R. Cooper, Lae, Lumber, Milne Bay, New England, North Coast (California), Northern California, Oregon, Oregon Pine (schooner), Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Rail transport, Rancho El Molino, Robert Dollar, Sailing ballast, Sailing ship, San Francisco, San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Sawmill, Schooner, Sequoia sempervirens, Shipworms, Square rig, Steam engine, Subic Bay, Sugar, Tacloban, ..., Topsail, United States, United States Naval Institute, Wapama (steam schooner), War Shipping Administration, Washington (state), Wawona (schooner), 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Expand index (8 more) »

American President Lines

American President Lines Ltd. (now simply referred to as APL), along with its parent company CMA CGM, is the world's third-largest container transportation and shipping company, providing more than 80 weekly services.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Barque

A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore-and-aft.

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Bodega, California

Bodega is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County in the U.S. state of California.

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Brick

A brick is building material used to make walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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C.A. Thayer (1895)

C.A. Thayer is a schooner built in 1895 near Eureka, California.

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California Gold Rush

The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.

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Cape Horn

Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.

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Carl Nolte

Carl Nolte is an American journalist.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Dog-hole ports

A dog-hole port was the common name given to small, rural ports on the West Coast of the United States between Central California and Southern Oregon which operated between the mid-1800s until the 1930s.

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Douglas fir

Pseudotsuga menziesii, commonly known as Douglas fir, Douglas-fir and Oregon pine, is an evergreen conifer species native to western North America.

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Eureka, California

Eureka (Hupa: do'-wi-lotl-ding, Karuk: uuth) is the principal city and county seat of Humboldt County in the Redwood Empire region of California.

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Fairhaven, California

Fairhaven (formerly Rolph) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) adjacent to Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States.

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Finschhafen

Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Forestville, California

Forestville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States.

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Fort Bragg, California

Fort Bragg is a coastal city along State Route 1 in Mendocino County, California.

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Hans Ditlev Bendixsen

Hans Ditlev Bendixsen (October 14, 1842 – February 12, 1902) was an American shipbuilder who was instrumental in the development of the merchant marine industry on the West Coast of the United States.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is the 50th and most recent state to have joined the United States, having received statehood on August 21, 1959.

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History of the west coast of North America

The human history of the west coast of North America is believed to stretch back to the arrival of the earliest people over the Bering Strait, or alternately along a now-submerged coastal plain, through the development of significant pre-Columbian cultures and population densities, to the arrival of the European explorers and colonizers.

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Humboldt Bay

Humboldt Bay is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County.

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Humboldt County, California

Humboldt County is a county in the U.S. state of California.

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Inca (schooner)

The Inca was "the first true five-masted schooner built on the West Coast." Inca, "the second of her rig built on the Pacific, was launched at Port Blakely by Hall Bros.

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Johanna Smith (ship)

Johanna Smith was a wooden-hulled schooner that transported lumber along the United States West Coast.

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John B. R. Cooper

John Bautista Rogers Cooper (born John Rogers Cooper, September 11, 1791, Alderney, British Channel Islands – June 2, 1872, San Francisco, California).

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Lae

Lae is the capital of Morobe Province and is the second-largest city in Papua New Guinea.

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Lumber

Lumber (American English; used only in North America) or timber (used in the rest of the English speaking world) is a type of wood that has been processed into beams and planks, a stage in the process of wood production.

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Milne Bay

Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea.

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New England

New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

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North Coast (California)

The North Coast of California (also called the Redwood Empire or the Redwood Coast) is the region in Northern California that lies on the Pacific coast between San Francisco Bay and the Oregon border.

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Northern California

Northern California (colloquially known as NorCal or "The Northstate" for the northern interior counties north of Sacramento to the Oregon stateline) is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region on the West Coast of the United States.

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Oregon Pine (schooner)

Oregon Pine was a six-masted lumber schooner completed in 1920, which was built as a result of the shipbuilding efforts associated with World War I. She sailed in the West Coast lumber trade, bringing lumber from the Columbia River to Shanghai and Port Adelaide, Australia.

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Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island, Washington

Port Blakely is a community of Bainbridge Island, Washington in the western United States.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Rancho El Molino

Rancho El Molino was a Mexican land grant in present-day Sonoma County, California given to John B.R. Cooper by Governor José Figueroa in 1833 and officially confirmed by Governor Nicolás Gutiérrez in 1836.

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Robert Dollar

Robert Dollar, also known as Captain Robert Dollar (1844—1932) was a Scots-American industrialist born in Bainsford, Falkirk, Scotland.

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Sailing ballast

Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail.

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Sailing ship

The term "sailing ship" is most often used to describe any large vessel that uses sails to harness the power of wind.

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San Francisco

San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.

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San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park

The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located in San Francisco, California, United States.

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Sawmill

A sawmill or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.

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Sequoia sempervirens

Sequoia sempervirens Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae).

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Shipworms

The shipworms are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Teredinidae: a group of saltwater clams with long, soft, naked bodies.

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Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts.

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Steam engine

A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.

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Subic Bay

Subic Bay is a bay on the west coast of the island of Luzon in the Philippines, about northwest of Manila Bay.

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Sugar

Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food.

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Tacloban

(), or simply referred to as City is a highly urbanized city in the.

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Topsail

A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Naval Institute

The United States Naval Institute (USNI), based in Annapolis, Maryland, is a private, non-profit, professional military association that seeks to offer independent, nonpartisan forums for debate of national defense and security issues.

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Wapama (steam schooner)

Wapama, also known as Tongass, was a vessel last located in Richmond, California.

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War Shipping Administration

The War Shipping Administration (WSA) was a World War II emergency war agency of the US government, tasked to purchase and operate the civilian shipping tonnage the US needed for fighting the war.

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Washington (state)

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Wawona (schooner)

Wawona was an American three-masted, fore-and-aft schooner that sailed from 1897 to 1947 as a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in Puget Sound.

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1906 San Francisco earthquake

The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18 with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_lumber_trade

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