Building Asgard: Structure and Materials

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Title:	Building Asgard: Structure and Materials
Authors:	KEARON, John
Keywords:	Ireland boatyards wood
Issue Date:	2014
Description:	Colin Archer’s ‘Articles of Agreement and Specification’ for Asgard is a precise and concise document that lays out clearly her structural form and the materials to be used in building that structure. After Erskine Childers received the ‘Agreement’ and the plans of Asgard, there followed intense discussion between the two men on every aspect of the proposed construction, including the materials to be used and in particular the internal layout of the vessel’s accommodation and the nature and quality of the fittings. At the time Asgard was built, small boatyards were in the later stages of a fundamental change that slowly but fundamentally altered the manner in which wooden boats were built, particularly in developed countries. The change was driven by the growing technology related to the principle material used -wood- and how a felled tree was converted into the component parts that form a boat
URI:	http://155.54.239.17:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/27
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