Californian's boilers

[Harland Duzen]

Great news everyone, the paper is finished!

All that's left to do now is spellcheck it and double check everything is historically accurate (meaning I haven't misread or misunderstood anything).

Expect it to be released either on the 29th September (A symbolic date for the Californian) or earlier.

Back to Topic!

 

[Rob Lawes]

I think the maritime experience posts deserve their own thread.

Mods?

 

[Julian Atkins]

I agree with Rob re Robert's posts 103 and 105, and seriously detracts from Harland's excellent research.

Much as I applaud anyone who serves in the USA Navy, as David has done in respect of Robert, details of Robert's USA Navy career has no place on this thread.

Cheers,

Julian

 

[Mark Baber]

I think the maritime experience posts deserve their own thread.

Mods?

Feel free. The "Introduce Yourself" topic would seem to be the appropriate place.

 

[Harland Duzen]

I'm just about to ask a really silly question, but I just noticed this Newspaper clipping for "Corn Markets" in 1905.

I been ignoring these newspaper clippings as they keep referring to "Californian Wheat" (literally a type of wheat) but with the mention of the Leyland Line Victorian and other ships, is this source describing cargo for the Californian?

IF that's is the case, then it might be possible to find what (if anything the Californian was carrying).

If not, then this is just a random advert and I'm sorry for wasting everyone's time.

 

[Julian Atkins]

Hi Harland,

I would suggest the "changed hands" is amongst traders at The London Corn Exchange. As per my quotes from The Engineer magazine of 1912 in respect of the Coal Exchanges, coal was referred to by grade and alternatively location of the mine/seam, with often 'generic' descriptions being used. I see no reason why the Corn Exchanges would not have used similar terms.

California was a major producer of wheat in the 1880s but this output declined markedly by 1905 due to other crops etc being more profitable.

In your above newspaper report, the ships are usually referred to in quote marks, but there are clearly some typesetter's errors.

Cheers,

Julian

 

[Harland Duzen]

Thank you for confirming this is just a typo and not related.

 

[Harland Duzen]

Good News everyone! The paper is finally finished and spellchecked!

"Full speed Ahead" (at 12-13 knots) for release on the 29th September!

 

[Harland Duzen]

I'm proud to announce the paper is finished and published, Enjoy!

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.o...ee-scotlands-forgotten-leviathan-paper.38774/
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Back to topic, I will stop posting updates on this thread.