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This is one of the figures I showed you guys in the "sneak peek".
The soldier is wearing an oak leaf camo smock and is using an MP44/STG44. The weapon has a removable scope.
Decals and weapon modification by me.
SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. Find more about the history of the ship in the Wikipedia at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Nieuw_Amsterdam_(1937)
She was scrapped in 1974.
The picture was taken in 1964 using a Contaflex.
Scan of a Kodachrome slide.
SS Coya, 546 tons, built by William Denny at Dumbarton in 1890-92 for the Peruvian Corporation (a British-owned company) as a passenger/freight steamer for Lake Titicaca to augment the existing smaller MN Yavari and MN Yapura. Like them, the Coya was dismantled in the UK shipyards and transported to Lake Titicaca where she was reassembled and launched in 1893. She is probably the oldest surviving Denny ship. She was beached by a flood in 2001 and is now restored as a floating restaurant. Seen at Puno, 1/11/07. Scanned slide taken with a Canon AE-1 Program.
Brunel's ship was the biggest ship in the world. Brunel had abandoned the idea of a paddle design for the radical new concept of a propeller.
Ha, Crazy Idea, will never catch on..........
"The SS Robin is a national treasure, built in 1890 at Orchard Yard on the River Lea, close to where she is now. She is the world’s oldest complete steam coaster and the last of her type in the world. Her incredible story is one of risk, enterprise, determination and endurance.
The 45-meter long ship has a large hold of approximately 150 sqm which is highly flexible and adaptable. The SS Robin is currently cradled on a 50-metre long floating pontoon with an additional 750 sqm of internal space, which could equally be adapted for a variety of uses. It is not technically feasible for the SS Robin to be put back in the water, but the Trust is open to ideas that include the floating pontoon, as well as free-standing landside solutions.Both the SS Robin and the pontoon are in good condition, following a £100,000 conservation programme. With the fabric secured, the SS Robin Trust is now seeking a commercially viable future for the ship through a lease construction which will cover the long-term upkeep of the ship and pays homage to this gem of British maritime heritage"
SS United States of the United States Lines, in New York harbour during the mid 1950's.
Please go here to see more ships and warships -
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This image was produced from the original negative, held in my collection.
SS Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. Find more about the history of the ship in the Wikipedia at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Nieuw_Amsterdam_(1937)
She was scrapped in 1974.
The picture was taken in 1964 using a Contaflex.
Scan of a Kodachrome slide.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History
Canada
Name:SS Keewatin
Owner:Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
Port of registry:Montreal
Builder:Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
Launched:6 July 1907
Christened:1907
Maiden voyage:14 September 1907
In service:7 October 1908
Out of service:29 November 1965
Status:Museum ship, Port McNicoll, Ontario, Canada
General characteristics
Tonnage:3,856 gross register tons (GRT)
Length:336.5 ft (102.6 m)
Beam:43.8 ft 7.2 in (13.533 m)
Depth:26 ft 7.2 in (8.108 m)
Installed power:3,300 h.p.
Propulsion:
Quadruple expansion steam engine,
4 coal-fired scotch boilers,
Single screw
Speed:14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Capacity:288
Crew:86
SS Keewatin is a passenger liner that once sailed between Port Arthur / Fort William (now Thunder Bay) on Lake Superior and Port McNicoll on Georgian Bay (Lake Huron) in Ontario, Canada. She carried passengers between these ports for the Canadian Pacific Railway's Great Lakes steamship service. Keewatin also carried packaged freight goods for the railway at these ports.[1]
History
Built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland as Hull No. 453, Keewatin was launched 6 July 1907 and completed her maiden voyage docking at Levis, Quebec to be halved because the canals below Lake Erie, specifically the Welland Canal could not handle ships as long as Keewatin. The ship was reassembled at Buffalo.,[2] where she resumed her voyage under her own power to begin service at Owen Sound, Ontario.
Keewatin in the 1910s
Keewatin ran continuously for almost 60 seasons, being retired in 1966. Soon after, she was acquired for historic preservation in the United States. Her sister ship, Assiniboia, was also set to be preserved as an attraction, but burned in 1971 and was scrapped.
In the last twenty years of her working life, like many passenger ships of that era on the Great Lakes, Keewatin and sister ship Assiniboia operated under stringent regulations imposed for wooden cabin steamships following the Noronic disaster in 1949. Doomed by their wooden cabins and superstructure, these overnight cruisers lasted through the decline of the passenger trade on the lakes in the post-war years. As passengers opted for more reliable and faster modes of travel, Keewatin and her sister ship were withdrawn from the passenger trade in 1965, continuing in freight–only service until September 1967. Along with South American and Milwaukee Clipper, Keewatin was among the last of the turn-of-the-century style overnight passenger ships of the Great Lakes.
Keewatin was eventually moved to Douglas, Michigan, in 1967, where she was a museum ship across the river from the summer retreat Saugatuck, Michigan. In July 2011 Keewatin was purchased by Skyline Marine and dredged from the Kalamazoo River with a one-mile (1.6 km) long, ten-foot (3.0 m) deep, 50-foot (15 m) wide excavation and dredged channel and moved to the mouth of the river and Lake Michigan on 4 June. Keewatin, manned with a crew of ten was towed back to Canada and arrived in Port McNicoll on 23 June 2012. Keewatin has just recently[when?] completed major restorations and has been independently appraised at $32,000,000.[when?] The ship is open for visits from 24 May until 10 October.[citation needed]
The ship has also become a floating set for a number of maritime-related documentaries and television docudramas, including subjects involving the torpedoed ocean liner Lusitania, the burned-out Bahamas cruise ship Yarmouth Castle, Canadian Pacific's Empress of Ireland, as well as Titanic. She was also used extensively in the opening episode of Season Seven, "Murdoch Ahoy," of Murdoch Mysteries.[3] A documentary has been broadcast on CBC Canada was also made called "Bring Her on Home".
Amenities
Keewatin is one of the largest of the remaining Edwardian era passenger steamers left in the world. The ship has become a time capsule of those days, along with a few other ships lucky enough to survive, such as Nomadic, lake steamer TSS Earnslaw (1913), (currently still operational in New Zealand), and surviving ex-Manly ferry MV Baragoola (1922) (out of service held in Australia). Keewatin is also noted[by whom?] as part of the evolution of the Great Lakes as a strong maritime center, and her long service record is attributed to her popularity and solid engineering.
Route
Keewatin was originally designed to complete the link in the Canadian Pacific Railway's continental route. She and Assiniaboia joined three others, Manitoba, Athabaska, and Alberta (the latter two also built in Scotland). She served this purpose by linking the Railroad's Owen Sound depot to Fort William Port Arthur on Lake Superior. In 1912 Port McNicoll, Ontario, was established as the new 'super port' and rail terminus and the ships moved there. The ships took two and a half days to make the trip each way, including half a day traversing the Soo Locks.[1] Port McNicoll was known as the "Chicago of the North" until the trains and ships were discontinued in 1965 following the completion of the Trans Canada Highway through northern Ontario, causing the town to practically die, as all of the rail and ship jobs left.
Museum ship
After languishing for a few years, in January 1967 Keewatin was bought by West Michigan entrepreneur Roland J. Peterson Sr.[4] for $37,000, $2,000 more than it would have sold for scrap.[5] It arrived on the Kalamazoo River in Douglas, Michigan, on 27 June 1967. The ship was known as Keewatin Maritime Museum, permanently docked, from 1968 until its relocation in 2012.
Relocation
In August 2011 it was announced that the vessel had been sold to Skyline International Developments Inc.,[6] and was moved back to its home port of Port McNicoll, Ontario, on 23 June 2012, for restoration and permanent display as a maritime museum and event facility. This is possible because of the cooperation of the local and State officials in obtaining permissions and permits to dredge the harbor where Keewatin sat for 45 years to allow the ship to be moved. A not for profit foundation, the Diane and RJ Peterson Keewatin Foundation, has been formed to operate the ship and restore her. Skyline Developments, a publicly held corporation that is rebuilding the 12,000-acre (4,900 ha) Port McNicoll site, is funding this project.
Keewatin was moved from Kalamazoo Lake on Thursday, 31 May 2012, and docked about a mile down river just inside the pier for continued maintenance before entering Lake Michigan. It departed Saugatuck for the big lake on Monday, 4 June 2012, to continue its journey northward to Mackinaw City. There it had a temporary layover before the final leg of the trip to Port McNicoll.
On 23 June 2012, a major celebration marked Keewatin's return and the rebirth of a new planned community surrounding her.[7] The date is significant as it was 45 years after Keewatin left Port McNicoll on 23 June 1967 and 100 years after 12 May 1912, the date that she began working from the same dock. The town staged the celebration, which included a 200-voice choir as part of the ceremonies.
In late 2017 plans were being discussed to move Keewatin to Midland, Ontario. By March 2018 it became clear that Keewatin would remain in Port McNicoll for another summer pending further relocation options.[8] In 2019, development company CIM committed to incorporating Keewatin into a redevelopment plan at the Port McNicoll site; the plans called for the ship to remain as a museum in a park adjacent to the proposed mixed-use (residential and commercial) development.[9] But by June 2020, Skyline Investments (owner of Keewatin and surrounding development properties) indicated CIM had defaulted on mortgage payments,[10] and would instead be pursuing plans to donate the ship to the Marine Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario.[11] Local opposition to the relocation from Port McNicoll has been spirited,[12][13] and the fate of Keewatin remains unclear.
Swimming pool in the SS Normandie luxury Liner. She was launched in 1935 and sailed between France and the US until 1940, when she was impounded by the Americans and held in New York alongside the Queen Mary liner until 1942. She caught fire during a conversion to a troopship and was scrapped in 1943.
SS enlisted man wearing camouflaged coveralls over his black panzer wrap, with a regulation issue toque for added warmth.
SS Leonid Sobinov docked at Pyrmont in 1979.
Owned by Black Sea Shipping Company at the time, SS Leonid Sobinov was originally known as RMS Saxonia when it was built for Cunard Line. In 1963, the ship was renamed RMS Carmania and in 1973, it was purchased by the Soviet Black Sea Shipping Company.
The SS Leonid Sobinov has a significance in Sydney history being the ship involved in the Red Bikini Girl incident. In January 1979, 18yo crew member, Liliana Gasinskaya, slipped out of a porthole wearing only a red bikini and swam across the harbour to claim political asylum.
Taken: January 1979
The Propeller and Rudder.
Making the decision to use a propeller transformed the history of sea travel, today most ships have one two or even three propellers', but bat in 1843 no one had a clue whether this crazy idea would work
Stern view of the SS Great Britain being towed into Bristol Docks up the River Avon on the 5th July 1970. The hulk was towed on a barge across the Atlantic Ocean from where it was grounded and rusting, and up the River Avon (shown in this picture) to once again reach its home port.
The SS Great Britain enjoyed a long working life from 1845 to 1933 thanks to Brunel’s engineering skills.
In 1886 she was badly damaged in a storm and her ocean-going career came to an end. Bought by the Falklands Islands Company she spent the next 47 years as a floating warehouse. In 1937, after becoming too unsafe even for this, she was towed to Sparrow Cove, a remote bay near Port William, and scuttled in its shallow waters.
And there she might have remained, a sorry sight left to rust and rot, gradually losing her fittings to trophy hunters and visited only by the occasional picnic party or curious penguin.
But destiny had a different fate in store for this lucky ship. It has now been completely restored and returned to its original dry dock where it was built. and is now a famous museum open to the public
The list of celebrities, artists, musicians and heads of state that have sailed this great trans-Atlantic liner in it's 1950's heyday is impressive (the likes of Kim Novak, Cary Grant, President Harry Truman, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, Gary Cooper)...That alone is enough to declare this ship a historical treasure.
"The SS United States was the brainchild of one of the world's foremost marine architects, William Francis Gibbs. His dream was to build a passenger ship that was faster, safer and more technologically advanced than anything else afloat."
Taken on my Ensign Fulvueflex Synchroflash.
Shot on Fuji Pro 400H.
Taken when out and about in Bristol in October 2019.
Olmax Fabrication LLC debut their production version of the SS Trike at the 2009 AMD Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building located at Champions Park in Sturgis, SD. The SS Trike resembles the classic “Big Wheel” Chopper-style design that we all rode as a kid, which is sure to put a smile on your face no matter how old of a kid you are.
Builder Jason Nieman is entered in the Production Class at the World Championships and will be competing for the gold with other storied manufacturers like Brass Balls Bobbers and Choppers, OCC Motorcycles, Big Bear Choppers and Big Dog Motorcycles just to name a few.
The SS Trike comes with a long list of race-breed features including composite body, a 24-inch Olmax Fabrication polished front rim wrapped in a Metzler, American Racing 14-inch rear wheels and digital speedometer. In addition, the trike sports American Suspension front end, 6 speed or automatic transmission, and a choice of power from Ultima, S&S or TP.
The popular automatic transmission option features a bullet-proof design lifted from automotive racing applications, which met Olmax Fabrication LLC reduced weight and packaging requirements. The design is sourced from a General Motors Powerglide system that is a current racing standard, which delivers smooth and consistent shifts.
Extending in the race inspired theme is a custom 2 into 1 performance pipe that connects into a chambered muffler. The dual exhaust pipe at the rear of the trike delivers a healthy rumble that is a cross between a muscle car and a sweet-stroking Harley.
The SS Trike is designed to comfortably accommodate a variety of enthusiasts from 5’ to 6’2” tall in fewer than 5 minutes. Selecting two different seat heights and three different foot control locations is a snap and easy to do.
The SS Trike is available in all primary colors. Additional options include graphics, Wire-Plus digital speedo, air-ride suspension, a solo seat with enclosed trunk, multiple trim treatments and a black or polished engine.
To see the SS Trike in Sturgis check out the production class at the World Championships located at Champions Park in Sturgis, SD. To speak with builder Jason Nieman in Sturgis, call him at 715-630-9090.
About Olmax Fabrication LLC
Olmax is a design company that is expanding its ability into manufacturing of its products. Our goal is to design and manufacture different products, some say out of the box. We do what many innovative businesses do, look for what is not being done or what hasn't been done and then we do that. We try to create a tasteful product with wide appeal.
American Tanker SS Tiger 1917, Sinking in shallow water near Cape Henry, Virginia, circa 2 April 1942. Tiger, originally built as a freighter, was torpedoed by the German submarine U-754 just after midnight on 1 April 1942, after she had reduced speed to pick up a pilot before entering Chesapeake Bay. She sank a few days later, while under tow. This ship served as USS Tiger (ID1640)
Steamship SS Dicky which was washed ashore in 1893 during a cyclone with a crew of 11 and 40 tonnes of Sand. Attempts to relaunch it proved unsuccessful so it was used for local dances until someone knocked over a kerosene lamp and it was burnt out. SS Dicky is a photographic delight! The skeleton rests on a 800m long pristine beach stretch extending from low rocks at the northern end to a bluff and rock platform at the southern end.
SS Ayrfield (originally launched as SS Corrimal) was a steel-hulled, single screw, steam collier of 1140 tonnes and 79.1m in length. It was built in the UK in 1911 and registered at Sydney in 1912. It was purchased by the Commonwealth Government and used to transport supplies to American troops stationed in the Pacific region during WWII.
This is one of the larger trucks, which often had bikes as freight. This one is really good conserved :)
Strobist:
Nikonos SB 105 @ 1/2 cam left
Subtronic Gamma @ 1/4 cam right
The SS Peagus is a 1950s Tudor Rose tugboat. Bought for me by my grandmother in the early 1990s it has travelled with me wherever there was a pool. It has sailed to the USA, Ghana and most recently Cyprus. It has quite a high sentimental value attached, considering it must have been bought for about £3.99!