#Lukens Steel

[out-of-the-forest-i-come]

Queer Pirate Books

In Deeper Waters; by F.T. Lukens

Running Close to the Wind; by Alexandra Rowland, coming out June 11th!

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea; by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

A Clash of Steel; by C.B. Lee

Compass Rose; Anna Burke (sci-fi)

The Abyss Surrounds Us; by Emily Skrutskie (sci-fi)

The Forever Sea; by Joshua Phillip Johnson

The Black God's Drums; by P. Djèlí Clark (scif-fi)

Peter Darling; by Austin Chant

A Song of Silver and Gold; by Mel Karibian

The Wicked Bargain; Gabe Cole Novoa

Escape to Pirate Island; by Niamh Murphy

A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes and Tea, Book 2); by Rebecca Thorne

The Unbinding of Mary Reade; by Miriam McNamara

#queer pirate books #pirate books #queer books #book recs #book recommendation #books #out of the forest out of the brain #out of the queue i come

[lgbtqreads]

queer books set in deep sea/waterbodies? any genre is fine.

Yep, these all have pirates:

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee (f/f)

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (m/m)

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara (f/f)

*The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (transmasc)

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (f/nb)

Adult

Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn – AG

Compass Rose by Anna Burke (f/f)

Peter Darling by Austin Chant (m/m)

A Song of Silver and Gold by Melissa Karibian (f/f)

And these have Selkies:

Seven Tears at High Tide by CB Lee (m/m)

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag (f/f)

And at least some of All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes is set in the sea on an exploration to Antarctica, while A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar is set aboard the Titanic.

[spidertalia]

Name?

Personality?

Appearance?

For Pennsylvania

omg yay ! i actually love my iteration of pennsylvania

her human name is rebecca franklin ! after rebecca lukens, known as 'america's first female ceo of an industrial company', and ofc ben franklin

pennsylvania is hardworking, intelligent, down to earth, patient, loya, calm, level headed and tolerant, but also slightly (unintentionally) curt. she's the kinda quiet, slightly stoic and hardworking type who prefers tinkering and working to being around a lot of people, essentially. she played a huge part in the industrial revolution, producing a lot of steel, iron ore and textiles- as a result, she's very skilled with machinery and engineering and loves it. she'll own cars just to tinker and improve them, she'll remodel parts of her house on occasion and will happily answer any other state's call to help with some mechanical.

she also will take any chance to complain about the weather. outside of the weather, though, she rarely complains about anything. she's delaware's little sister and gets along well with him. she also gets along well with germany and the netherlands, but will fight england on sight. she argues with new jersey a lot as well.

appearance wise, i have actually drawn her, but i'll describe her first. she stands at 5'10 or 178 cm, ironically towering over her big brother. she keeps her hair short since she works with machinery a lot and doesn't want anything happening. she's one of the physically stronger states thanks to all the physical labor she's done, and it reflects in her toned, semi-muscular body. she had at least one scar- a burn scar on one shoulder from the burning of Pennsylvania Hall. (she probably has a few small ones from machinery, but i haven't put much thought to it yet)

and here she is !

#spider talks #statetalia #spider's statetalia #statetalia pennsylvania #aph pennsylvania #my art #hetalia #hetalia fanart #hetalia oc

[milkncookiesmoonsrambles]

hey tumblr i trust you, what should my next obsession be?

more info below the cut

current obsession is Good Omens, past obsessions have been Nimona and The Owl House!

currently in a “Queer Magic YA Novel phase”, which is all of the books by F.T Lukens & A Clash Of Steel by C.B Lee (from what i can remember).

music is anything catchy that i can imagine Things Happening To (mind animatic babey), but I especially like most of Queen, Fish In A Birdcage, and Atsuover!

anything is appreciated and I’ll check everything out if it piques my interest!

#nimona #good omens #the owl house

[baseballmomlesbiandad]

Are you even a fan if you don’t know why I preciously placed a tiny tub on this display??

Not Pictured (because they sold out before I could snap a pic):

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

In Deeper Waters by F. T. Lukens

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara

#don’t make fun of my pictures #or do I don’t care - Stede bonnet #our flag means death #ofmd #pirate books #gay pirate books! #gay found family space pirate books! #blind date with a book #indie bookstore #nyc bookstore

[ya-world-challenge]

13 YA Books about Pirates for Talk Like a Pirate Day

Seeing as September 19th is Talk Like a Pirate Day, what better way to do that than to dive into a pirate adventure, savvy? I've pulled together a list that is deliciously diverse and plenty of queer, from the South China Sea to the waters of Caribbean. Aye matey! ☠️🏴‍☠️

Pirates!, Celia Rees The Sea Knows My Name, Laura Brooke Robson The Unbinding of Mary Reade, Miriam McNamara The Black God's Drums, P. Djèlí Clark Hurricane Dancers, Margarita Engle The Assassin's Curse, Cassandra Rose Clark The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, Mackenzi Lee Fable, Adrienne Young Kemosha of the Caribbean, Alex Wheatle Clash of Steel, C.B. Lee Deeper Waters, F.T. Lukens Ballad & Dagger, Daniel Jose Older The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall

#book list #talk like a pirate #international talk like a pirate day #talk like a pirate day #pirates #bookblr #booklr #ya fantasy #diverse ya #caribbean #asia #arrr

[ma-lark-ey]

✪ malarkey's intro post 2.0 ✪

░!! have you done your daily click? !!░

░ greetings & salutations. since my original intro post is kind of messy, I'm making a new one!

ー name lark / magnus

ー age / birthday nineteen / may 5th

ー pronouns he/him/they/them

―●○◎ other socials/blogs ◎○●―

― archive of our own: ma_lark_ey

― tumblr: marauders side blog

― tumblr: poetry side blog

― spotify: malarkey

― discord: ma_lark_ey

― pinterest: mxlarkxy

―●○◎ fandoms i'll tag/post:

all for the game (the foxhole court) / harry potter / the marauders era / red, white, & royal blue / percy jackson / magnus chase / check, please! / the extraordinaries / simon snow (carry on) / the mortal instruments / taylor swift / hermitcraft / the adventure zone / dimension 20

―●○◎ a few of my favourite things ◎○●―

―●✰ books

✰ Carry On ― Rainbow Rowell

✰ Magnus Chase & The Gods of Asgard

✰ I Wish You All The Best - Mason Deaver

✰ Red, White, & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston

✰ In Deeper Water - F.T Lukens

✰ Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White

✰ Aces Wild - Amanda DeWitt

✰ All For the Game - Nora Sakavic

―●✰ manga / graphic novel

✰ your name (light novel)

✰ One Piece

✰ Magical Boy - The Kao

✰ Check, Please!

✰ Heartstopper / Osemanverse - Alice Oseman

―●✰ television / film

✰ Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies

✰ Do Revenge

✰ Harry Potter: and the Prisoner of Azkaban

✰ Grey's Anatomy

✰ FullMetal Alchemist

✰ The Devil Is A Part-Timer!?

✰ DRRR!!

✰ Heartbreak High

―●✰ music

*note: if I've put an artist on this list I DO have their entir discography memorised & whatever album/song (if any) i've singled out i carved into my ribcage.

✰ Taylor Swift ― evermore / Midnights

✰ Xana ― Cupid, Tantrums

✰ Chase Petra

✰ Set It Off

✰ Rise & Fall of a Midwest Princess (Chappell Roan)

✰ Mel Bryant & the Mercymakers ― Wildflower

✰ The Razia's Shadow (Concept Album / Forgive Durden)

―●✰ podcasts / youtube

✰ Mike Schubert Podcasts ― Horse / The Newest Olympian / Potterless

✰ Rotten Mango Pod / Stephanie Soo

✰ iNabber

✰ Hermitcraft ― Grian / PearlscentMoon / Scar / Etho / Joel

✰ The Penumbra Podcast ― Juno Steel

✰ Dungeons & Daddies: Odyssey

✰ The Adventure Zone: Amnesty

✰ Welcome to Nightvale

―●✰ other media / hobbies

✰ creative writing (I say, as if this isn't 90% of my identity)

✰ Adrian Brown / silvercrevan

✰ Crochet <3

┌ below are my personal tags & what they mean !

#lark says #miscellaneous tag for anything I post #lark liveblogs #my tag for when im commenting on books / media im consuming as we speak #lark rants #my unprompted infodumps #cape kids #is my dnd campaign tag #just our bringing up #my magnus chase fic #there are probably some im forgetting ngl

[patgavin]

Lukens Steel (Part 3)

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

#Abandoned #Steel Mill #Pa #pennsylvania #Coatesville Pa #Industrial #Industry #Lukens Steel

[hagleyvault]

It’s another chilly, snowy winter Friday at Hagley Library, so here’s a literal icebreaker to move us along to the weekend and, hopefully, warmer days ahead. This photograph shows the SS Manhattan, a ship built in 1962 as an oil tanker at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, but which began retrofitting operations in 1968 for a new life as an icebreaker. 

When retrofitting was complete in 1969, they made the Manhattan the largest American merchant ship in history, the largest icebreaking ship in history, and well-suited for its next journey; becoming the first commercial ship to traverse the Northwest Passage. 

The ship made its journey later that year, setting off an international incident over Canada and the United States’ disputed sovereignty claims to the region. The goal of the journey was to test the feasibility of the route as a permanent, year-round transport option for Alaskan oil shipments. Canada’s desire to make exclusive claims to the waterway rested in part on the nation’s concern over pollution and clean-up liabilities had the SS Manhattan failed in its objective and  loosed its cargo into the sea. 

Fortunately, that didn’t happen. The 1969 voyage successfully transported oil across the Northwest Passage without incident, and another voyage was made in 1970. The Manhattan sustained considerable damage during both trips, however, making the costs of shipping via this route unsustainable at the time.

This photograph is part of Hagley Library’s collection of Lukens Steel Company photographs (Accession 1972.360). Lukens Steel Company was a medium-sized producer of specialty steel products and one of the top three producers of steel plate in the United States. The company is noted for being the first industrial company in the United States led by a woman, Rebecca Lukens (1794-1854). 

A selection of material from this collection has been digitized, including woodcuts showing the early history of the mill, interior and exterior views of factory buildings, various depictions of machinery, employees both at work and leisure, floods in 1955 and 1973, and twentieth-century aerial views of the Coatesville plant. Other digital items depict the owning families, company anniversary celebrations, and philanthropic activities supported by Charles Lukens Huston. The collection has not been digitized in its entirety. To view the digitized items online now, click here to visit its page in our Digital Archive.

#FrozenFriday #Frozen Friday #brrrr #icebreaker #oil tanker #SS Manhattan #Northwest Passage #international relations #international incident #Canada #1960s #Arctic #ice #winter #snow #shipping #oil industry #steel industry #Lukens Steel Company #Fore River Ship and Engine Building Company

[othmeralia]

Talk about a girl boss! 

Rebecca Lukens is commonly referred to as the first woman CEO of a major industrial company in the United States.

Rebecca’s father, Isaac Pennock, started The Brandywine Iron Works, an iron mill factory, and went into business with Rebecca’s husband, Dr. Charles Lukens, who left medical practice to join the company. Rebecca and Charles had six children together, however, shortly before the birth of their last child, Charles passed away. Her father passed away a year earlier and this left Rebecca as the sole owner of The Brandywine Iron Works.

Rebecca completely turned the company around, taking it from the verge of bankruptcy to the country’s premier manufacturer of boilerplate. By 1834, she had witnessed the arrival of the railroad, paid off all company debts, and began to expand the business. This time was pivotal for not only Rebecca, but the iron industry in the United States, as she became one of America’s few female iron masters and America’s first female industrialist. She was the first woman to own and operate multiple businesses at the same time! These included: a farm, the iron works company, a freight agency, store, and warehouse.

Rebecca established quite the legacy for herself. She even has a boat named after her! Her intelligence and business skills allowed the Brandywine Iron Works to survive and succeed, turning into one of the most influential steel sites in the United States. The company’s name later became Lukens Steel Company, then renamed again as ArcelorMittal. It is the oldest steel mill still in business today. 

A woman in steel--Rebecca Lukens by Robert W. Wolcott

The National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum

#rebecca lukens #steel #iron #boilerplate #ceo #quaker #girl boss #othmeralia

[the-final-sentence]

He steeled himself with a deep breath, then pulled the curtain aside and walked into the beginning of his new life.

F. T. Lukens, from In Deeper Waters

#F. T. Lukens #In Deeper Waters

[lgbtqreads]

do you happen to know of any queer maritime fiction?

thank you for all these excellent recs! ive already gotten a couple from my library! i just got peter darling in fact. i figure that might have some boats in it!

If having boats in it is the standard, then I definitely do! Check out these pirate books:

YA

A Clash of Steel by C.B. Lee (f/f)

In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens (m/m)

The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara (f/f)

*The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (transmasc)

The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie (f/f YA)

The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea by Maggie Tokuda-Hall (f/nb)

Adult

Our Bloody Pearl by D.N. Bryn – AG

Compass Rose by Anna Burke (f/f)

Peter Darling by Austin Chant (m/m)

A Song of Silver and Gold by Melissa Karibian (f/f)

and Tack & Jibe by Lilah Suzanne for a contemporary romance! (Also, not queer, but I love Trish Doller's Float Plan so much, I have to give it a mention.)

#LGBTQReads #Maritime Fiction

[lal-ffxiv]

21.22 Fluster

• make (someone) agitated or confused. --- Luken was at the back of store when he heard the unmistakable singingly chime of the store’s front entrance. Lucien brushed away wrinkles of the store apron he wore and rushed to the front counter. The two people in the store were surprised to see each other. Luken was caught unarmed by the woman's beauty and grace. By her ensemble Luken could tell she higher status than the anyone whom frequented this shop. Her eyes were the ones that caught him though the steel tip of her whole appearance. Her cold, dark sea eyes were a slightly widened in surprise. However, it was far too late for either of them to turn tail now. "Can I help you find-," Lucien loss his speech the moment she looked right at with those black ice eyes, "-anything?" He finished lamely. The woman was quicker with her words. "A cream for my hands?" She allowed her sleeve to show midnight blue scales on small, agile hands. Luken was looking passed those hands though to what was hidden by the heavy sleeves. There just passed her thin wrist, he saw it all and his heart jumped at it.  "Let me check the back for-,” Luken gulped backed words and ducked his head to avoid that gaze, “anything”. The woman nodded and leaned on the counter while she waited. The dagger hidden in her sleeve rested in her palm still concealed, but waiting like she was for Luken’s return. It took a moment too long for her realize there was breeze in the windowless store. She quickly crossed the counter to find the real shop keeper behind it, an apron thrown to the floor and in back to store an exit wide open. She quickly went to the back shelves and found them empty of the rare herbs she had come here for herself. She let out an intelligible curse at herself. She kicked the barely rousing  shopkeeper on way out the front of the shop.

#ffxivwrite2021 #I have no idea what this store sells and neither does Luken or this lady

[intoxicatiing]

@nykrose​ sent: ( SECRET )

Seduction Starters || Still accepting!

( SECRET ) arriving where they both agreed to meet in secret in the dead of night.

Midnight was upon them. The lights in Luken’s manor had finally begun to dim, though plenty remained lit throughout the night. Ruby had taken the darkest path out, past the gardens and through the break in the hedgerow separating the manor’s groomed lands from the forest beyond. 

It was there he waited for her -- the strange, fey creature that seemed to unnerve even her master. She had little love for anyone, but that alone was enough to endear him to her, if only just. There was no trust to be found within her, but there was indeed a burning curiosity and a fear great enough to indulge his every request.

She steeled herself for a hundred different possibilities, unsure of what he had planned. Of course, it was unlikely Nyk’s ideas were anywhere near what Ruby had in mind, but she prided herself on her preparedness all the same.

So she moved through the brush, through trees and scrub, to the edge of a stream where they had arranged to meet. It glittered dimly in the  and she brought up her smile at the sight of Nyk’s moon-lined silhouette, and greeted him with a warm, crooning, “Mon cher, what a beautiful sight. I should have known you would pick the finest part of the forest in which to meet.”

#ask #answered meme #v: main #nykrose #i had this half written then closed the tab by accident rip me

[spywriter27]

"I almost did and that's what scared me." Colton breathed out and steeled himself for the kiss, tension tight in his upper body, afraid of what he'll do. "I'll have to try them now." he whispered, making a step towards to reclaiming his humanity. "I have to sleep alone for awhile. I will kill you and I can't have that happen to you."

“I’m not going to lie, I’ll miss you in bed but if it’s what you need.” He swallowed hard. “I need to get this runt back to his food before his siblings eat it all. I’ll be inside with Rosie when you’re both ready.” Luken sighed with a tight tense smile. He didn’t think it would be this hard.

[georgesheldon-blog]

Lukens Steel Company locomotive in Coatesville PA (at Coatesville, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAMKSU_JtZd/?igshid=wcez9dcjbis6