21/09/2010

Mound city national cemetery

Filed under: Island - 21 Sep 2010

Mound city national cemetery

Mound City National Cemetery is located in Pulaski County, approximately one mile from Mound City, Ill. This area was the home of large naval shipyards that provided warships to the Union’s Mississippi Squadron during the Civil War. The Mississippi Squadron was composed of 80 vessels including the famous ironclads USS …

18/09/2010

Sept3 solar02.jpg

Filed under: All - 18 Sep 2010

Sept3 solar02.jpg

Eric Harmann (left) and Joe Rice (blue shirt, partially obscured) bend a plank as Kyle Weisman screws it into place on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Solar Decathlon house during a late-night construction session on Sept. 3. The Solar Decathlon house is being sided with bent wood planks. Before the planks …

13/09/2010

The denny ship model experiment tank -7

Filed under: River - 13 Sep 2010

The denny ship model experiment tank -7

A ship model experiment tank, used for testing models of hulls and propellers to see how their full-sized equivalents would behave The tank and its equipment were originally built in 1882. An extension was built after the Second World War, to house propeller testing equipment and staff It was the …

09/09/2010

Gearing from the turbine steamer “hantonia”

Filed under: River - 09 Sep 2010

Gearing from the turbine steamer

The double-skew gearing from a geared steam turbine installation The vessel in which this was installed was the ‘Hantonia’, a cross-channel vessel. The vessel was completed in 1911( www.flickr.com/photos/scottishmaritimemuseum/5345857575/i… ) It was built by Alexander Stephen and Sons of Linthouse for the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. The vessel …

06/08/2010

A2486

Filed under: Island - 06 Aug 2010

A2486

pc 6585 On board Colonial Line Steamer Comet between New York and Providence RI Colonial Navigation Company between New York and New England Triple Screw Express Turbine Steamer Postcard Collection Boats and Steamboats

Bismarck anchored in the grimstadfjord.

Filed under: See - 06 Aug 2010

Bismarck anchored in the grimstadfjord.

Bismarck anchored in the Grimstadfjord. This is the famous photograph taken by the British Spitfire (Suckling) at 1315 hours on 21 May 1941. The Bismarck can be seen to the right anchored in the Grimstadfjord near Bergen, Norway, with three merchant ships. Position 60є 19′ 49" North, 05є 14′ 48" …

29/07/2010

The steamers (view large) looking east

Filed under: All - 29 Jul 2010

The steamers  (view large) looking east

Main Range National Park, Queensland Australia. Impressive mountain peaks, escarpments and ridges offer breathtaking views in this World Heritage listed park. The Steamer Range is a series of spectacular rock formations branching off the Main Range National Park in Queensland, Australia. They lie at the head of Emu Creek, east …

11/07/2010

The denny ship model experiment tank – 4

Filed under: All - 11 Jul 2010

The denny ship model experiment tank - 4

A ship model experiment tank, used for testing models of hulls and propellers to see how their full-sized equivalents would behave The tank and its equipment were originally built in 1882. An extension was built after the Second World War, to house propeller testing equipment and staff It was the …

06/07/2010

Cigarette card – steamer brora

Filed under: River - 06 Jul 2010

Cigarette card - steamer brora

Mitchell’s, River & Coastal Steamers, 1925. No5 "Brora"

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