Download or read book Shipbuilding in Waterford, 1820-1882 written by Bill Irish and published by Wordwell. This book was released on 2001 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best books come from a combination of passion, knowledge and discipline, and Bill Irish's remarkable study of shipbuilding ind then in the trades associated with the construction of wooden ships. He built up a rich archive of visual material - d then in the trades associated with the construction of wooden ships. He built up a rich archive of visual material - Waterford offers a splendid example of this. Bill's training and career as a metal-work teacher led him to an interest in the traditional skills involved in iron shipbuilding, and then in the trades associated with the construction of wooden ships. He built up a rich archive of visual material - paintings, prints, drawings and photographs - covering very many of the ships made in Waterford in the course of the nineteenth century.