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Bob, The triple expansion steam engine from the Essayons is in the heart of the Lake Superior Maritime Museum at the foot of the lift bridge in Duluth and she hasn't had mains since. Unfortunately, the tug Essayons is sitting on the bottom of St. Louis Bay. The tug Senica was salvaged and was at Sau...

Correction/Add: This cable is a heiliax. It looks like 3/4" or 7/8".
I'm not sure what type of connector would fit.
Paul

This looks like commercial (broadcast radio) hard line. It seems to be too large for PL-259 which I fill up with 1/2"Ø LMR400 coax, but I don't know all the ins and outs. Hopefully our radio contributor Ron Walsh can help us out here.
KCØYIS
Paul

In the Public Gallery, I remember Franz having a gallery of the shearing of all those workboats at Frazer.

Brandon, That's a gorgeous photo! Make it commercial!
To align with the thread, it's great that divers can do these CPP seal repairs because the service record is terrible for this item on the new cutters.

Avoid those sidewalks Beecher, they're dangerous! I'm glad to hear you're on the mend.
From a fellow urban biker
Paul

That's a dredge barge being moved by a tug. They've been busy all season so far.

I'm sort of confused and surprised by the article of the repowering of the Badger in todays (15Jul10) news. I can understand (not really) the ban on the discharging of ash overboard, however, since the ship's power plant is recognised as an ASME historical mechanical engineering landmark I can't und...