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Definition of Whaleback

Whaleback
Whaleback Whale"back`, n. (Naut.) A form of vessel, often with steam power, having sharp ends and a very convex upper deck, much used on the Great Lakes, esp. for carrying grain.

Meaning of Whaleback from wikipedia

- A whaleback was a type of cargo steamship of unusual design, with a hull that continuously curved above the waterline from vertical to horizontal. When...
- Whaleback Mountain is a 2,627-metre (8,619-foot) summit in British Columbia, Canada. Whaleback Mountain is located in Yoho National Park, in the Waputik...
- A whaleback is a type of steamship. Whaleback may also refer to: Whaleback (California), a mountain ridge in Kings Canyon National Park Whaleback (ski...
- Whaleback is a remote 11,717-foot-elevation (3,571-meter) three-mile-long ridge located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Tulare County of northern...
- company acquired Whaleback Managed Services, a provider of cloud-based phone services for medium-sized businesses, re-launching Whaleback's brand name to...
- The Mount Whaleback mine, officially the Newman West operation, is an iron ore mine located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, six kilometres...
- American whaleback barge that was usually towed by a steam driven freighter or a tugboat. She was significant as she was the first whaleback freighter...
- only whaleback ship ever built for p****enger service. The ship was designed by Alexander McDougall, the developer and promoter of the whaleback design...
- 5km 3miles Whaleback Fire    The Whaleback Fire was a wildfire that burned on Whaleback Mountain in Spaulding, approximately 20 miles northwest of Susanville...
- Sagamore is reported to be the best example of a whaleback barge among Great Lakes shipwrecks. Only 44 whalebacks were ever built, and out of the 26 that sank...