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 Mon, 18 Jul 2011 Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>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/ >Larry Z ============================================================================ Thanks for sharing these (sad) photos. I only looked at a few. I'm going back tonight when I have more time. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer UPAA POY 1978 University Information Technology Services University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/