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William Schaller
Senior Member
Username: billschaller
Post Number: 650
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 06:41 pm: | 
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Shorpy photo.
Detroit. naptha?
http://www.shorpy.com/node/21286?size=_original#caption |
Ernie
Senior Member
Username: ernie
Post Number: 2320
Registered: 01-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 08:05 pm: |
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I think all the naptha engines were triples and were tied to the boiler.
Kind of reminds me of a 2 cylinder Olds.
Maybe
http://www.oldmarineengine.com/discus/messages/3454/95522.html |
J.B. Castagnos
Senior Member
Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 1210
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 10:16 pm: |
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Nice picture Bill, Thanks. |
William Schaller
Senior Member
Username: billschaller
Post Number: 651
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 10:47 pm: |
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A couple of more for fun.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/21108?size=_original#caption
http://www.shorpy.com/node/20541?size=_original#caption |
Ned Lloyd
Senior Member
Username: ned_l
Post Number: 60
Registered: 08-2012
| | Posted on Thursday, September 15, 2016 - 07:41 pm: |
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That last one is pretty amazing. Props, boilers and steam winches to many to count. |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 763
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 03:31 am: |
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Notice the two men working the shear in the middle of the yard. The props, boilers and winches all look very similar. Wrecking small naval ships or a class of merchant ships built for for WWI perhaps? Interesting to see a proper Atlantic dory in Detroit there.
Just reading the comments and someone says these were from the wooden Ferris class ships broken up there: http://www.cocatrez.net/Water/FerrisShips/FerrisShips.html
Not the only attempt at wooden cargo ships in WWI that was wrecked on the stocks, so to speak. |
Bruce Hall
Senior Member
Username: bruce
Post Number: 581
Registered: 07-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 10:56 am: |
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Great History Robert. Thanks for sharing! |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 765
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 09:50 pm: |
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Actually Bruce it's Bill who is sharing; I was just commenting!  |
William Schaller
Senior Member
Username: billschaller
Post Number: 653
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 01:49 am: |
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If you look at this, you might
see something.
http://www.shorpy.com/node/21303?size=_original#caption |
William Schaller
Senior Member
Username: billschaller
Post Number: 654
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 10:09 pm: |
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might as well look at this one, too
http://www.shorpy.com/node/17496?size=_original#caption |
RichardDurgee
Senior Member
Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 3895
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2016 - 05:37 pm: |
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*
COOL OLD PHOTOS
* |
Robert
Senior Member
Username: robert
Post Number: 774
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Friday, October 14, 2016 - 07:28 pm: |
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http://www.shorpy.com/node/17496?size=_original#caption
Looks like neck or bow ties were the prerogative of the foremen! |
