Ours lies in the river where it was built, just too late for its intended purpose in WWI. http://thehelpfulengineer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SS-Cretehauser.jpg
> On 07 February 2016 at 06:52 "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There is a list of the remaining concrete ships in the US here: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 7:44 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > That cement ship in a lot of my photos is a victim of our recent rough surf: > > http://abc7news.com/weather/stormy-surf-breaks-up-ss-palo-alto-cement-ship-in-aptos/1188122/ > > > > Some of my photos over the years (at least the ones I've tagged) > > https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=99496143%40N00&sort=date-taken-desc&text=cement&view_all=1 > > > > When I was a kid, the end next to the pier was still open and we could go > > out on it. Lately, it's been a handy "front drop" when we've had a nice > > sunset, and I've been in the South County and needed something interesting > > to put in front of the sunset. January 2015, I was driving home from a job > > in Watsonville, saw the nice sunset and stopped just to take advantage of > > the colors and got one of my favorite photos of the year. > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/16055516218/ > > > > On the bright side, even broken up it'll still be photogenic, and a good > > place for cormorants to hang out. > > > > > > -- > > Larry Colen [email protected] (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
