Archive for: November 2010

PART 1: The Maheno was built in Scotland in 1904 and was the world’s first ever triple screw steamer, weighing a massive 5323 tonnes.The Maheno was used as a hospital ship in WW 1, following which it was purchased by a Sydney shipping company who planned to use it between …

This is how Lighthouse Point looked before the real lighthouse was built and before Steamer Lane was just The Lane. I think I see Banana sitting on the cliff drinking

A Lake Windermere Steamer coming in from Bowness this afternoon.There were plenty of passengers an a lot more waiting to board at Lakeside.

TCG Management Services Limited former London and North Eastern Railway paddle steamer TATTERSHALL CASTLE (built in 1934 by William Gray and Company of Hartlepool) moored by Victoria Embankment, London. Monday 8th March 2010

Britannic was built in 1874 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, and launched in 1874. She was a very large ship for her day at 5,004 gross registered tons, 455 feet (138.7m) in length and a beam of 45 feet 2 inches (13.8m). She was projected to have a service …

The word Maheno means ‘island’ in Maori, which is the native language of New Zealand. The Maheno was built in Scotland in 1904 and was the world’s first ever triple screw steamer, weighing a massive 5323 tonnes. It also held the blue ribbon in trans-atlantic crossing for several years after …

One day, I heard the unmistakable sound of a calliope floating over the French Quarter. Only when it was too late to get to the shore to see the concert did I realize it might just be a real one! I didn’t miss it the next day though. I’d been …

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 …

By the river Hooghly, on a rainy evening, colors in the sky, and a steamer crossing over.