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Getting Around The Rock
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Getting Around The Rock
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Publisher:
Flanker Press
DRM:
Watermark
Publication Year:
2016
ISBN-13: 9781771175234
Description:
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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