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Getting Around the Rock

by Leonard Lahey
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From the "Newfie Bullet" to the SS Kyle to Amelia Earhart, Getting Around the Rock is a fascinating history of the transportation sector, largely in pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador. These recollections were passed on to the author by his father, Raymond Lahey, and his uncle, Bill Lahey, who spent their working lives as telegraph operators in the changing times of transportation in the province. Stories include: How "The Bullet" Came to Newfoundland Family Connections: The Reid Newfoundland Company Wireless Telegraphy The Newfoundland Coastal Steamers Aviation History and the Newfoundland Connection The Botwood Seaplane Base Newfoundland Airport (Gander)
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Publisher: Flanker Press

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  • ISBN: 9781771175210
  • File size: 9055 KB
  • Release date: March 18, 2016

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  • ISBN: 9781771175210
  • File size: 9055 KB
  • Release date: March 18, 2016

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Biography & Autobiography History Transportation Nonfiction

Languages

English

From the "Newfie Bullet" to the SS Kyle to Amelia Earhart, Getting Around the Rock is a fascinating history of the transportation sector, largely in pre-Confederation Newfoundland and Labrador. These recollections were passed on to the author by his father, Raymond Lahey, and his uncle, Bill Lahey, who spent their working lives as telegraph operators in the changing times of transportation in the province. Stories include: How "The Bullet" Came to Newfoundland Family Connections: The Reid Newfoundland Company Wireless Telegraphy The Newfoundland Coastal Steamers Aviation History and the Newfoundland Connection The Botwood Seaplane Base Newfoundland Airport (Gander)
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Biography & Autobiography History Transportation Nonfiction
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