Did I miss something? Where does this fall in the realm of repairing, building, modifying, replacement recommendations, or constructing?
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Shinaberger Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 1:12 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] just to ponder Hi where is this ship located? I'd love to tour her sometime. How old is she exactly? Power plant? Chris At 10:49 AM 5/15/2008, you wrote: >Just a thought to ponder, for those who've had anything to do with any >of the factors involved here. > >The USS Olympia is the oldest perpulsion ship still afloat today. It >was used in the *Spanish American War in the second half of the 1800's. >It was a big deal, it was the Admiral's Flagship and sports big guns >for the time. (back in the days of the Krag rifle, and the Winchester >lever rifles) It has been docked in Philadelphia's Pen's landing area >along the Deleware river since before the 1970's. >It is a tour museum of that time. > >It is being inspected for "dock worthiness" as it hasn't been out of >the water in 60 years. It is in need of general repair to it's steel. >They are inspecting it to determine if it can holds it's own weight in >dry dock. > >Most ships need this maintenance every 20 years. > >I'll tell more, if it seems interesting as it proceeds. > >But just thinking of the size of the job, the nature of water and >steel; had me thinking that some would consider this a considerable >challenge. Thanks thinkers. Anyone who has done work of this type, >please write as I'm sure there's much we don't know and would have >effect on the things we do on a smaller scale. > > ------------------------------------ To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p age&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 178104684) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=178104684&m=88ff2780abb8&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=178104684&m=88ff2780abb8&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=178104684&m=88ff2780abb8&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
