print email comment close America on the Move: Transforming the Waterfront, San Francisco and Oakland, California URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/exhibition/exhibition_17_1.html Description: This exhibition uses the example of the ports of Oakland and San Francisco to demonstrate the development of shipping container use at U.S. ports. Topics include the container system (as compared to conventional freighters), the longshoremen who work with the containers, varieties of cargo hooks, the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU), and more. Part of a larger exhibit on transportation from the National Museum of American History. Publisher: National Museum of American History Extra Keywords Matson Navigation Company Harry Bridges containerization Library of Congress Subject Headings: Containerization Harbors -- California -- Oakland Harbors -- California -- San Francisco Shipping -- History LII Database Information: Record 20755 created by Jennifer English on 02/27/2006 Last modification on 02/28/2006 Published: 03/02/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20755