It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes by W. Bruce Bowlus
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The availability of inexpensive steel, so crucial to the United States’ emergence as a leading industrial power in the late nineteenth century, relied upon the rise of an ore transport system on the Great Lakes that would feed American industry as a whole and come to alter the face of the region. This detailed history recounts innovations in shipping, the improvement of channels and harbors, the creation of locks, technical advances in loading and unloading equipment, and the ability to attract capital and government support to fund the various projects. When government support was lacking,...
Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes by W. Bruce Bowlus is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes aloud.
Iron Ore Transport on the Great Lakes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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