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Reconstruction of the historic Buffalo Harbor water taxi and boat building at the State University College at Buffalo
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Reconstruction of the historic Buffalo Harbor water taxi and boat building at the State University College at Buffalo

Author: Ron Arnold; Richard Butz; WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.); State University College at Buffalo. Center for Watercraft Studies.
Publisher: Buffalo, NY : WNED-TV, ©1992.
Edition/Format:   VHS video : VHS tape   Visual material : English
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At the turn of the century, the ubiquitous Buffalo Harbor water taxi transported people and cargo back and forth in Buffalo's bustling Great Lakes harbor. None of these boats survived to the present day. Boatbuilders at Buffalo State College's Center for Watercraft Studies used historic photographs to recreate a set of plans for the boat and constructed a replica. Also shown is an overview of the boat building  Read more...
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Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Ron Arnold; Richard Butz; WNED-TV (Television station : Buffalo, N.Y.); State University College at Buffalo. Center for Watercraft Studies.
OCLC Number: 38500704
Notes: Title from cassette label.
"A Channel 17 report."
Date on label and packaging is c1993.
Performer(s): Narrator, Richard Butz.
Description: 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Details: VHS.
Other Titles: Boat building at the State University College at Buffalo
Responsibility: producer Ron Arnold.

Abstract:

At the turn of the century, the ubiquitous Buffalo Harbor water taxi transported people and cargo back and forth in Buffalo's bustling Great Lakes harbor. None of these boats survived to the present day. Boatbuilders at Buffalo State College's Center for Watercraft Studies used historic photographs to recreate a set of plans for the boat and constructed a replica. Also shown is an overview of the boat building program at Buffalo State College. Featured are BSC professors Bill Nartoo, Dick Butz and John Montaque.

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