The World's Largest Elevator Can Lift 6.7 Million Pounds of Ship sploid.gizmodo.com - There are a lot of logistical problems that pop up when you build a 600-foot structure like the Three Gorges Dam in China’s Hubei province. For example, how do ships navigate the sudden extreme difference in water heights on either side of the dam? That’s an easy one. You just build the … [Read more...]
Maritime Monday for September 19th, 2016: Disjecta membra
"There were no marks to separate one day from another, no rule whereby to measure time; all was one dull and cheerless uniformity of dark and cold..." * Second Vessel From Doomed Franklin Expedition Found In The Arctic A more than 160-year-old Arctic mystery has come to resolution: The HMS Terror, a vessel from a doomed Royal Navy exploration to chart an unnavigated portion … [Read more...]
Maritime Monday for September 12th, 2016
Inspired by Mariners on 9/11, One Photographer Found a Passion Sunday marks 15 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington and Shanksville, Penn. Over the next few days, WNYC is speaking with a few individuals whose lives were altered by the events of that day. After the towers were struck, photographer Carolina … [Read more...]
Maritime Monday for September 5th, 2016: Dem Bones, Dem Bones
Chiclet, ship's cat aboard the historic tanker Mary A Whalen in NY's Atlantic Basin, now digging in her claws in preparation for Hermine WarHistoryOnline - Much Like the Allies’ later D-Day plans, Operation Sealion was marked by daring and ingenuity In the early Seventies I worked as a lighthouse keeper on three islands off the west coast of Scotland. I … [Read more...]
Maritime Monday for August 29th, 2016: Sods Opera
lifeline; an Island Institute video by Dominique Hessert Isle au Haut is an island in Penobscot Bay, Maine, USA, with a population of 73 at the time of the 2010 census. Lobster fishing is the main industry. While portions of Acadia National Park (which covers about 60% of the island) attract a few tourists. Vacation houses, (far fewer than those of the nearby summer … [Read more...]
Maritime Monday for August 22nd, 2016
Dinosaurs arriving for the NYC 1964 World's Fair posted by AllanEllen Wexler in Facebook group Tug Boating World's Most Dangerous Cruise? 1,070-capacity ship takes on the Northwest Passage There’s an obvious buzz of excitement among the 1,070 cruise passengers but also – and I don’t think I’m imagining this – a faint air of trepidation. Trepidation, … [Read more...]
Maritime Monday for August 15th, 2016
600 year-old pirate skeleton found beneath Edinburgh school playground When the skeleton was found, City of Edinburgh Council workers were doing a survey for a planned expansion of the Victoria Primary School, located near Newhaven’s Harbour. The workers half expected to find the remnants of the original marina while doing the survey, however they ended up coming … [Read more...]
