Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great looking vessel, and a very nice B&W image. Thanks for sharing. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 8/16/2015 7:43 PM, Barney Quinn wrote: > This is the William B. Tennison. Today she lives at the Cavert Marine > Museum in Solomon's Island, Maryland. She was built in 1899 and started > her life as a Bugeye, which is a large sailboat used to dredge for Oysters > in the Chesapeake Bay. In 1909 she was converted to power and started her > life as a buy boat. > > The idea behind a buy boat is simple. Sailboats were used to dredge for > Oysters. Sailboats are wonderful, but they are slow. The buy boats would > go out to the dredgers and buy their Oysters from them, allowing them to > keep on dredging and saving them a trip back to land. Later she was moved > to Virginia where she was used as a buy boat, an Oyster Dredge, and ( of > all things ) to haul vegetables. She is named after William B Tennison. > People have tried to find out, but no one has any idea who he was. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Barney/W_B_Tennison_1.jpg.html > > Comments and Criticisms Welcome. > > Barney > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >