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- Title
Shipbuilding on the Bayou in the Age of Big Oil: The Shipyards of Southeast Louisiana.
- Authors
Wilson, Paul J.
- Abstract
The author discusses the growth of shipbuilding in Louisiana from the 1950s to the 1990s. He mentions the construction of workboats to support the offshore oil industry in Louisiana, the expansions and contractions of the industry that reflected changes in the oil industry, and the history of several shipyards including Bollinger Shipyards Inc.
- Subjects
LOUISIANA; UNITED States; SHIPBUILDING; WORKBOATS; OFFSHORE oil well drilling; SHIPYARDS; BOLLINGER Shipyards Inc.; TWENTIETH century; HISTORY; BOAT design &; construction; ECONOMIC history
- Publication
Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
0735-8342
- Publication type
Article