Meteghan River, Nova Scotia
Taken in August, 1989, here's "Freedom", home port Rockland, Maine, resting on the bottom mud as the tide continues to drop at A.F. Theriault & Son boat yard. The tidal range here averages around 15 feet, but sometimes touches 18 feet, not nearly as much as in the upper Bay of Fundy but still enough to allow boats to rest on the level bottom beside the wharf. The inlet (Meteghan River), allowing access to the yard is just off the right end of the image, with the Route 1 highway bridge crossing the river 200 feet to my right. The boat yard, in business since 1938 can handle vessels up to 150 feet in length. The inlet at Meteghan river is very narrow... about 100 feet wide, making it a "tight squeeze" for swinging a larger vessel into position at the wharf. If you search for this location on Google Earth you'll be able to see the general layout of this yard.
"Freedom" has a propeller surrounded by a shroud, possibly a "Kort" nozzle. This type of propulsion is ideal for working vessels such as tugs, pusher boats and fishing vessels operating in low speed / high torque applications.
I have a photo album containing images of this area taken around 1905. In the future I might scan a few and post them.
The original image was taken with a Nikon F3-HP, Nikon 35mm f2.8 lens, on Kodak Gold 100 negative film. It was copied with a Nikon D3500 camera, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens fitted with a Nikon 4T close-up lens, with a Sigma 1.6x achromatic close-up lens on the 4T. Lighting was provided by a 5000K LED bulb in a small goose-neck table lamp. A large ground glass screen was placed between the lamp and the film holder.
35mm-DSC0124J
Meteghan River, Nova Scotia
Taken in August, 1989, here's "Freedom", home port Rockland, Maine, resting on the bottom mud as the tide continues to drop at A.F. Theriault & Son boat yard. The tidal range here averages around 15 feet, but sometimes touches 18 feet, not nearly as much as in the upper Bay of Fundy but still enough to allow boats to rest on the level bottom beside the wharf. The inlet (Meteghan River), allowing access to the yard is just off the right end of the image, with the Route 1 highway bridge crossing the river 200 feet to my right. The boat yard, in business since 1938 can handle vessels up to 150 feet in length. The inlet at Meteghan river is very narrow... about 100 feet wide, making it a "tight squeeze" for swinging a larger vessel into position at the wharf. If you search for this location on Google Earth you'll be able to see the general layout of this yard.
"Freedom" has a propeller surrounded by a shroud, possibly a "Kort" nozzle. This type of propulsion is ideal for working vessels such as tugs, pusher boats and fishing vessels operating in low speed / high torque applications.
I have a photo album containing images of this area taken around 1905. In the future I might scan a few and post them.
The original image was taken with a Nikon F3-HP, Nikon 35mm f2.8 lens, on Kodak Gold 100 negative film. It was copied with a Nikon D3500 camera, Micro-Nikkor 55mm f/3.5 lens fitted with a Nikon 4T close-up lens, with a Sigma 1.6x achromatic close-up lens on the 4T. Lighting was provided by a 5000K LED bulb in a small goose-neck table lamp. A large ground glass screen was placed between the lamp and the film holder.
35mm-DSC0124J