Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Jul 18, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > In 1977 Sealand built the last supertanker constructed in Brooklyn. At that > time I was a member of the NAS Marine Board and was free to roam all over > the construction site, Rollei35SE in hand. The reason that the ship was the > last is due to the dredged draft of NY Harbor. Any bigger ship could not > be > floated out to sea. When loaded with oil the tanker can never return. The > pictures are reminiscent of an era when the USA still built stuff. Now > there > is talk of turning the Brooklyn Navy Yard into a produce market. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Supertanker/ Wonderful historical documentation. Sad that our once great industries have left our shores. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist