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shipbuilder, naval architect and marine engineer, marine superintendent and operating superintendent, 1890-1908
Shipbuilder, naval architect and marine engineer
Photographs, history, and specifications of ships "in which William A. Fairburn took a part (generally a most important one) or in which he had some particular interest".
Volumes I-III contain photographs of vessels. Volume IV contains copies of working drawings. Volumes IIIA & IVA contain text and accompanying images (photographs and drawings, respectively). Vol. V. contains descriptions of the images in vols. I-IV, plus statistical and historical information, including a history of shipbuilding in Bath, Maine. Vol. VA contains additional historical information, newspaper articles, statistics, etc.
Volumes I-V were published in 1938. Supplementary volumes (IIIA, IVA and VA) were published in 1940.
William Armstrong Fairburn (1876-1947) worked as a designer and builder for a number of shipbuilders, including James J. Hill and Edward Harriman.