Country: United States Category: Real Designs Type: Passenger Ship Ship: Alpena Operator: Gooderich Transportation Company Date Depicted: 1880 https://www.dropbox.com/s/7n6oa298w85nnt1/SS%20Alpena%201880.png?dl=1 Country: United States Category: Real Designs Type: Research Vessel Ship: Barney Devine...
A fish tug with an interesting history. Built in 1937 in Manitowoc, WI as the fish tug Albert J , the vesel Barney Devine was purchased by the Wisconsin Conservation Department in 1940 for use as fishery enforcement and research vessel on southern Lake Michigan. The ship's name was changed in the fo...
The SS Alpena , lost with all hands on Lake Michigan in 1880. Built in Marine City Michigan in 1867, Alpena was typical of sidewheelers on the Great Lakes in the late 19th century. She was purchased by the Goodrich Transportation Company shortly after her construction to replace the Goodrich steamer...
A vehicle near and dear to my heart, which can turn on a dime despite driving like a crate. The Grumman Long Life Vehicle (LLV) Produced from 1987-1994, the LLV is used by the US Postal Service and Canada Post as a mail delivery vehicle. Unusual for North America, it is right-hand drive to allow car...
The D78 Stock of the London Underground's District Line As delivered in 1980: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ik5fp7n5lmv4d6v/London%20Underground%20D78%20Stock%201980.png?raw=1 In the late 1990's, canvas barriers were added between the cars for added safety at platform level: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jk...
39 years ago, around this time, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down in a November storm in Lake Superior. At 7:10pm Eastern Time, the SS Arthur M. Anderson, headed with the Fitzgerald to the shelter of Whitefish Bay, radioed in to check on their condition. Captain Edmund McSorley replied, "We are hol...