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This shot shows the allegorical figure of 'Progress', 14 feet in height, atop the central dome of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. She carries a copper gilt flaming torch in her right hand, and her left hand holds a winged wheel which rests at her side. (Source: Christopher London, Bombay Gothic, IBH, 2002. ISBN 8175083298)
Doesn't look like a lot, but today's livestream yielded some good progress. In 5 hours or so, I rebuilt the front end a few times to get the winch installed and working, reinforced the transfer case, and got the majority of the bumper assembled. Going to be livestreaming again tomorrow, goal for tomorrow is to finish the front bumper, rough in the rear tire carrier, and start work on the roll cage that the rest of the body will attach to!
The Twin Ports region gets visitors from all over the world, but while there are frequent visitors from a handful of companies there’s still a unique arrival here and there. Case in point, we were treated to the Vectis Progress which had arrived with a cargo of structural steel that came in from Antwerp, Belgium before departing in ballast for her next destination of Hamilton, Ontario farther down the Great Lakes system. Delivered to the Carisbrooke Shipping company in October 2012 from a yard in China, she was quite a nice change from the FedNav and Polsteam vessels we usually get.
NORFOLK WHALER (or Santa Cruz) - later ARCTURUS
This information has been updated – October 2022 based on further information
This post contains information on two boats - Norfolk Whaler and secondly the Irene III. Both were considered to be Tuna fishing boats either under construction or in service.
The twin screw Norfolk Whaler (known in Tuncurry at Santa Cruz) was built at the shipyards of Ernest Wright and Sons in Tuncurry, NSW. Construction was commenced in 1946, the same year that shipyard manager Ernest Wright died.
After Ernest’s death, work was supervised by Arthur Wedlock (Manager) and Frank Avery (Foreman); John Wright jnr. took over the business after his return from WWII. A very impressive vessel, Frank Avery described her keel as follows: She has a piece of 12x12 iron bark, 75ft. long, in the keel. Like the kelson, stem and apron it was squared with axe and adze”. Newcastle Morning Herald 17 May 1947
Launch – 16th September 1954
Progress was in stages over an eight-year period and it was not until 16th September 1954 that she was launched. Elizabeth Wedlock, daughter of Arthur Wedlock and great grand-daughter of the late John Wright who had, in 1877 [1875?], established the shipbuilding industry in Tuncurry, launched her. She announced I LAUNCH THIS SHIP. MAY GOD BE WITH HER AND ALL WHO SAIL IN HER. As she spoke these words, she, "grasped the bottle of champagne swinging from the bow by the tartan ribbon of 'Bonnie Prince Charlie' and with all the assurance and grace of youth, broke the bottle against the gleaming wooden vessel poised on the slips". [Dungog Chronicle- Saturday 2 October 1954]
Although known locally as the Santa Cruz, there was not one mention in any of the many reports of the newly launched vessel’s name. Frank Avery in 1947, had indicated that she was owned by a Queenslander while the owner was later reported as F.E. Crouch [SMH - Saturday 18 September 1954]]. In addition, there are no press reports of a vessel of the name Santa Cruz and there is no record in the Register of British Shipping of that name.
Towed to Ballina
On the 17th September The Santa Cruz - Norfolk Whaler was towed out of the channel by the launch IRENE III and then taken by the steamer Bonalbo to Ballina on instructions from her owner S. G. White Pty Ltd. but it took four years until 14th November 1958 before she was registered to North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd., 20 Grosvenor St., Sydney, with the name Norfolk Whaler.
Details
Name: Norfolk Whaler (local name Santa Cruz, later ARCTURUS
Builder: Ernest Wright & Sons
O/N: Official Number: 199178
Registered 15/1958 Sydney (14th November 1958)
Length: 119.95 ft
Breadth: 22.6 ft
Depth: 10.15 ft
Tonnage: n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet)
-Gross: 217.47 tons (615.44 cubic metres)
Net (Register): 91.43 tons (258.75 cubic metres)
The supervising naval architect was Arthur N. Swinfield A.M.I.N.A.
Owners
The early ownership of the vessel known locally as the Santa Cruz is not well understood. It appears that she was initially commissioned to be built as a luxury tourist craft for a Mr. F.E. Crouch. Over the long term of construction (1946 – 1954) it would appear that the hull was purchased by S. G. White Pty Ltd (Sydney based firm that had a facility undertaking shipbuilding and ship repairs at Ballina) as a potential tuna vessel and was taken to Ballina after launch in 1954. “Lying at Tuncurry uncompleted is a 128 ft. ship (Figure 1, lower) which could make a fine sea-going tuna clipper. She has a beam of 22 ft. 6 ins., moulded depth of 10ft. 9 ins. and 2½ inch planking. This ship was begun for a former owner, by E. Wright & Co., of Tuncurry, as a luxury tourist craft for the Barrier Reef, but is now owned by S. G. White Pty. Ltd., Sydney shipbuilders and repairers. Plans prepared by Mr. Arthur Swinfield, Sydney naval architect, provide for five refrigerated wells on each side of the vessel, with a total capacity of 100 tons, and three bait tanks aft with a combined capacity of 30 tons. Accommodation provides for a crew of fourteen.”
Fisheries news-letter Vol. 13 No. 2 (February 1954)
Fitted out at Ballina
Over the period 1954 – 1958 she was fitted out at Ballina and at some time sold to North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd. In 1956 Diesel engines (6cyl. General Motors Corp) driving twin screws were fitted. During the first half of 1957, she was fitted out as a whaler under the supervision of Jim Hammond (Alan Wright, Great Lakes Historical Society, personal communication) and undertook her first sea trials in June 1957 [smh 19 June 1957]
Whaling at Ballina/Byron Bay
The story of whaling at Ballina/Byron Bay is quite complex; the whaling station was located at Byron Bay while the whaling vessels used from 1957 on were apparently leased from North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd, Ballina.
The Byron Whaling Company had its origins in 1951 when a group of Inverell businessmen tried to float a public company - Byron Whaling Company Ltd. The float, however, was under-subscribed and investors’ monies were repaid. 1953 a private company Byron Whaling Co. Pty. Ltd. was formed and the company started construction of whaling facilities at Byron Bay in May 1954 and secured a licence to harvest an annual quota of 120 humpback whales. In July 1954, Anderson Meat Industries Ltd. acquired Byron Whaling Co. Pty. Ltd.; the first whale was captured in the same month. Byron Whaling Co. Pty. Ltd. operated two Fairmile cruisers as chasers, Byrond I and Byrond II. The whaling quota was increased to 150 whales per year after the first year of operation.
In 1955, a whaling station was also constructed on Norfolk Island at Cascade Bay by the Norfolk Island Whaling Co., a trading name of Byron Whaling Co. Pty Ltd. The Cascade Bay whaling station commenced operation in 1956. In the same year, Anderson Meat Industries Ltd. sold the two entities, Byron Whaling Co. Pty Ltd and Norfolk Island Whaling Co. to the newly listed public company Norfolk Island and Byron Bay Whaling Co. Ltd.
Around the same time North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd acquired the Santa Cruz, and registered her as Norfolk Whaler (1958), she was reported to have been involved in whaling at Norfolk Island from mid-1957 on, presumably under lease to the Norfolk Island and Byron Bay Whaling Co. Ltd. She was assisted by two 30ft whale spotters, Kingston Whaler and Cascade Whaler; both vessel were built at Ballina by the S. G. White Pty Ltd Ballina Slipway and Engineering (Alan Wright, Great Lakes Museum, personal communication).
End of Whaling at Byron Bay
Her career as a whaler ceased in 1962 when only two whales were caught. The company that had apparently leased her, the Norfolk Island and Byron Bay Whaling Co. Limited, went into liquidation and was de-listed on 7th Jan 1963. North Coast Whaling Pty Ltd. sold Norfolk Whaler back to S.G. White Pty Ltd on 3rd February 1964
In 1965 the Minister for Territories announced that the Australian Government had purchased the Norfolk Whaler and renamed her Arcturus. She was refitted at Ballina as she was intended to be used to train Papua New Guinean merchant seamen. A Certificate of Survey dated October 1965 indicated that the modifications increased the tonnage and the registration details were amended as follows.
Gross tons: 234.72 tons (664.26 cubic metres)
Net tons: 103.91 tons (294.07 cubic metres)
Norfolk Whaler employed as Survey Ship - 1964
Before the purchase to the Minister for Territories was finalised, S. G. White had leased the Norfolk Whaler for survey work. Her initial deployment was at Port Headland, Western Australia - departing Ballina on the 19th January 1964. Her role was to survey a channel for the 4000-ton ore ships which intend to work that area. After operating in Port Headland she was dispatched to Groote Eylandt and finally returned to Ballina in August 1964.
The Australian Register was closed on 13th December 1965.
Sold to the Administration - Territory of Papua New Guinea - renamed Arcturus
The arrangement for the purchase involved some refurbishment to better suit the vessel's new role a training ship. She was sold to the Administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea for £90,000 arriving at Port Moresby in January 1966. She was then assigned to the Papua New Guinea Register and assigned the number 5256018. Arcturus 1966
Arcturus - Rabaul
The Arcturus was initially based in Rabaul where she was registered but it appears that she was not initially used for the purpose intended and received minimal maintenance.
Chief Officer of Arcturus claims wreck of Dai Maru for TPNG Administration
In September 1969 the following note was placed in the wheelhouse of the wrecked fishing boat Dai Maru.
NOTICE OF CLAIM 15th Sept. 1969
I, F. H. THOMPSON, CHIEF OFFICER OF T S ARCTURUS DO HEREBY CLAIM LEGAL RIGHT TO THIS VESSEL THE DAI MARU NO.7 (KOL-SI) AND ALL EQUIPMENT AND STORES HELD WITHIN HER, ON BEHALF
OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
THIS NOTICE IS SUBSEQUENT TO THAT PLACED ON BOARD ON THE 7th DAY OF SEPT ‘69
Training ship for Nautical College
Sometime in 1969 the Arcturus was moved to Napa Napa (near Port Moresby) ready for the first students at the Nautical College to commence training in early 1970. During this period the Arcturus was refurbished and she had her engines replaced with Gardner 6L3 diesel engines.
Nautical training moved to Madang
After drawn out negotiations between the Education Department the Department of Transport, the Arcturus was relocated to Madang to provide the training ship for the new Nautical College at Madang in 1972.
Arcturus involved in WW2 bomb disposal.
"A naval clearance team is removing hundreds of wartime bombs from the seabed off the Lae Yacht Club.
The bombs are obstructing the main approach to the club's anchorages. They were dumped into the sea after the war ended. The bombs were only discovered late last year when an R.A.N. patrol boat ran aground on the pile.
The RA.N.'s Naval Clearance Diving Team 1, operating from the MV Arcturus began clearing the bombs last week. They completed the task on Monday." Papua New Guinea Post-Courier Wed 14 Jun 1972
Arcturus based at Nautical Training Institute
For a long period in the 1970s she was tied up at the PNG Maritime Department wharf in Madang harbour. She was offered for sale in the late 1970s
Final Days in Madang
The Arcturus remained an important component in the Training Institute but, in late 1970’s, she was deemed to be no longer of use and was advertised for sale at Madang as follows:
“Offers are invited on an "as is where is" basis for the following:
Motor vessel M.V. Arcturus wood training vessel formerly Norfolk Whaler built 1954.
Length 36M, Breadth 6M, Gross tonnage 236 tons. Engine 6L3 Gardner.
The successful tenderer must remove vessel from mooring within one month from
date of advice.
Hull to be destroyed after removal of machinery and fittings.
The vessel may be inspected, at the Nautical Training Institute”
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier Fri 13 Jul 1979 Page 53
It has been reported that the engines, which were reconditioned and installed as auxiliary engines in one of the Lutheran Shipping's company’s vessels, are still running today. [David Faithful – Madang, Nov 2013]
With the recent information available courtesy of Trove and the Fisheries Newsletter the secret of her early career is now revealed and the ultimate fate of the last ship built by the Wright shipyard at Tuncurry has at last be solved.
IRENE III” LFB 253
Details
Name: Irene IIIlater named Dawntreader
Type: Fishing Vessel
Length:48ft
Beam:15ft
Depth:Unknown
Motor: 60bhp Deutz air cooled diesel
Tonnage: (Volumetric measure 1 ton = 100 cubic ft)
- Gross: unknown
- Underdeck: unknown
- Net: unknown
Built: Bexley NSW (Sydney)
Builder: Keith Turton (master carpenter)
Designer: Arthur Swinfield
Launched: Blackwattle Bay – Sydney Circa 1953
Fishing No: LFB253
Ports and Owners
Tuncurry /Forster NSW. - Arthur K. Turton 1954 – 1969
Tuncurry /Forster NSW. -Tommy Goodlad, 1969.- Max Elford (for some years)
Jerseyville NSW – 1993 –? Wayne Bramble.
Construction
The Irene III was built in the backyard of Arthur Turton’s home, in the Sydney suburb of Bexley NSW.
Taken from the same designer plans drawn up by Naval Architect Arthur Swinfield, for her sister ship, the Trevor W, which was built for Bill Kyle, and named after his son.
The only difference between the two vessels was that the wheelhouse on the Irene III was aft, whereas the wheelhouse on the Trevor W, although identical, was forward and reversed.
History
1953
Launched and fitted out in Sydney before coming to Tuncurry NSW.
Skippered by Tom Goodlad, crewed by Warren Bulmer & Billy Nicholson, she was used mainly for trapping fish, lobsters, and trawling for prawns.
1954
Two drowned in bar crossing
The Irene III was one of five fishing boats waiting to enter off Cape Hawke bar on the 30th January, while a treacherous sea was running. After crossing in safely, skipper of the Irene IIITom Goodlad, noticed that the trawler Leisure, in attempting the crossing, was caught by a broaching wave and capsized in the rough conditions.
Tom turned the Irene III around and re-crossed out over the bar and went to the rescue of men floundering in the water, lines thrown from the Irene III picked up two men, one of those on board dived into the water and rescued a further 3 persons, raised alarm that two men were still missing.
Two drowned in bar crossing - (30th January)
Sydney, Sunday-Two men were drowned when their fishing launch was overturned while crossing the Forster bar yesterday afternoon. They were Vincent Fitness 36, fisherman of Tuncurry, and Norman Dickson, 43, of Ermington, Sydney.
Five other people who were in the boat were thrown clear when the launch capsized.
A treacherous sea was running and the party in their launch Leisure, waited outside the bar for an opportunity to cross. As they were moving across the bar a huge wave broached the launch and capsized it. Fitness and Dickson were sucked back into the boat when it overturned.
Tom Goodlad, a Tuncurry fisherman, in his launch Irene, [Irene III] had crossed over the bar previously.
When he saw the Leisure had overturned. Goodlad re-crossed the bar and picked up the five people who were struggling in the shark infested waters.
Later another fisherman, accompanied by another man, went out and recovered the bodies of the drowned men.
Northern Star Monday 1st February 1954.
25th February
Perilous Sea Trip to Reach Trawler Standing Off Forster Bar
Tuncurry police, a doctor and the crew of a fishing launch figured in a dangerous journey when they crossed the Forster-Tuncurry bar on Thursday night to reach a trawler standing two and a half miles out to sea.
Police had been called by telephone from Sydney to board the trawler and pick up the body of a man who died suddenly while the vessel was proceeding up the coast.
The dead man was Frank Ellis (45), a fireman, who resides in Sydney. He died suddenly a few hours previously
The Tuncurry party made the journey in the Irene III, captained by Tom Goodlad, one of the most experienced skippers working this entrance.
To cross the bar in darkness was realised to be a perilous undertaking in view of the double tragedy that had occurred there recently in daylight hours when a launch was wrecked.
On the outward journey the Irene III struck the bar several times, and when returning only managed to scrape over the sand. A heavy swell was running at the time, and some difficulty was experienced in boarding the trawler and removing the body. The party on the Irene III consisted of Senior Const. Frost, Dr. Barrett and a crew of three.
Policeman Scared
Const. Frost told a "Times" representative that he was scared of what might occur in making the crossing as the risk was quite great enough in daytime and with tides favourable.
When he boarded the trawler, he was informed that the man was found dead in bed.
Const. Frost said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
The body was subsequently conveyed to Taree for identification by relatives of the deceased.
The Irene III recently figured in the rescue of five men when the launch Leisure was wrecked and two lives lost.
She was also requisitioned by the police recently to go out to the trawler Mary Cam, when two men were injured, to bring them ashore for treatment. On each occasion the Irene III has been in charge of Tom Goodlad whose seamanship is a password at Tuncurry.
Manning River Times Monday 1st March 1954.
Image Source: Trove - Fisheries Newsletter Vol 13, No. 2 February 1954
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Slowly... It's hard to get things done during the holidys. I bet everything will be up to normal on Monday, right?
The appliqué of the venice lace is tedious work for sure. And the hand sewing of the velvet ribbon sash, too...
:P
work in progress, feb 14
one day, I will get to this point and say it's done. but for now, I just *need* to add one of my transfers to it.
I have GOT to get more cardio in. But this doesn't entirely reflect my effort, because I've been doing high-intensity intervals. (One-minute bursts at roughly 95 percent of maximum heart rate.)
I had a session with a personal trainer on Thursday (thanks, Jen!) and she wants me to do free weights instead of the weight machines, so I guess that won't be reflected on these reports.
Copyright 2009 Patia Stephens
For those of you who have been following my "Project 365" (although I'm way behind on adding pics), you may remember that I posted a picture on January 3, 2011, of a bikini I bought with the goal of losing enough weight to fit into it "by summer."
Guess what? Summer's here, and here is the progress I've made so far: In April, the weather was getting warmer; and I decided it was time to get serious about my weight loss goals. In addition to watching what I eat (especially elminating as many carbs as possible after lunchtime) and exercise, I learned about a company (AdvoCare) that sells nutritional supplements that noy only help maintain wellness but assist with weight loss in a healthy way (the only way I wanted to do it).
On April 12, 2011 (left), I weighed in at 172 lbs and didn't dare think of posting that picture the way I looked in the bikini. But just 6 weeks later on May 28, 2011 (right), I had lost 13 lbs and weighed 159. As of today (June 8, 2011), I've lost 2 more lbs and weigh 157--just 7 lbs away from my goal! In another month to 6 weeks, I should be there! :)
This is me on a typical work day. I remember being a kid and spending days on end without a shirt on, much to my mother's frustration. Until the age of 12 or 13 I would actually bring a pair of blue jeans to church so I could run out to the car and change out of dress pants immediately. For a couple years I wore a clip-on tie to church, for easy removal.
Now I'm comfortable in my dry-cleaned shirt, nice slacks, and dress shoes. Thankfully my specialty doesn't encourage tie wearing.
So, I sit back and wonder sometimes, did I betray that little guy who steadfastly didn't want to grow up? Is this progress? Would I rather be one of those "cool" people who get to go to work in comfortable pants and geek-themed, humorous T-shirts? Would it be so bad to have a half dozen tattoos and some piercings?
Honestly, I don't know. This is me. It works for now, and I'm happy. Still, it doesn't mean I don't wonder sometimes.
This is an old barn off of Parrish Avenue in Cedar Lake, Indiana that's in the process of being dismantled to make way for a new subdivision. It always saddens me to see old buildings torn down, especially barns. Think of all the history that happened there--the people who hauled the lumber to build it to the farm with horses back in the 1800s, the generations of farmers who maintained it over the years, and the family who said goodbye to it when it was sold to the company who will soon be removing it. Probably less than five years from now, no traces of it will remain and the people who live in the houses in the new subdivision will be clueless as to what was there not that long ago.
Thomas Crawford
Marble
1863
East entrance, Senate wing
U.S. Capitol
The sculptural pediment over the Senate entrance on the U.S. Capitol's east front is called Progress of Civilization. The center figure is America, who stands with an eagle at her side and the sun at her back. On the right, a woodsman, hunter, Indian chief, Indian mother and child, and Indian grave represent the early days of America. On the left the diversity of human endeavor is suggested by the soldier, the merchant, the two youths, the schoolmaster and child, and the mechanic. Completing this side of the tympanum are sheaves of wheat, symbolic of fertility, and an anchor, symbolic of hope; these elements are in contrast with the grave at the opposite end of the tympanum.
The figures were designed by American sculptor Thomas Crawford in Rome, Italy, in 1854. They were carved at the Capitol in 1855-1859 from Lee, Massachusetts, marble and erected in 1863.
The entire pediment is 80 feet long, its height at the center is approximately 12 feet, and the length of the sculpture is approximately 60 feet.
The sculptor, Thomas Crawford (1814-1857), also created the Statue of Freedom atop the dome, the designs of bronze Senate and House doors, and the figures of Justice and History above the Senate bronze doors.
Full details: www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/progress-civilization-pediment
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Finally got some progress done today :) blonde girl is for Kat (working on your second one now!) zombie girl for Jess / Sookie. Needs to dry and add snap closure and it's done :D
Title: Dress in Progress
Year: 2015
Medium: Textiles and Digital Photography
Size: Dimensions Variable
Description:
I chose to create this dress to bring my love of fashion and photography together. The images on the right side are the original photographs for photos I later printed as polaroids. The specific photos I chose represent striking colors and textures that inspired me to create a dress from them.
Decided to do portraits of Buddy and Taff.........havnt told them yet, will have to make sure the portraits are reasonable or there will be trouble
remember the panoramic view i did couple weeks back of our church in it's old setting > it's here
this is what it looked like earlier this week from about the same viewing point. the preachers stand is down, the hall empty of chairs and stuff and the organ has been disassembled and stored. the builders have come in and started their demolision all over the place, removing fixtures, floors and ceilings.
(i uploaded a larger images this time for all the pixel peepers (whom will notice the stichting flaws of course!, i need to a) read up on doing this properly without a panoramic head or B) buy a panoramic head (yeah right...))
Nikon D90 - Tokina 12-14 @ 12mm - 7 shot portrait stitch - slight HDR - total weight = 40.4 megapixels