Even on usenet it looks BEAUTIFUL!.......



On 25 Aug 2003 20:03:15 -0500, noah
wrote:

On my way home from "the current job", I was driving through
(historic) Fort Ann, NY. I came to a red-light, and stopped for
on-coming traffic.

Around the corner came an SUV, towing a work-of -art.

She was shaped like an over-sized Adirondack Guide Boat. Maybe
30-35', Spruce ribs and wood planking. One-third back from the bow
point, a black boiler, the size of a 55 gallon drum, supported the
eight foot stack, and fed the single cylinder steam horse. Behind the
fireman's seat was a "covered" salon area. Seating for about eight or
ten people. The old propshaft was iron, leading to the bronze prop,
and a bronze or brass rudder the size of a garbage can lid.

It took my breath way. An old, hand-built, steam powered,
double-ender from the early days of "vacationing" in the Adirondacks.
Gorgeous.
noah


Larry W4CSC

Maybe we could get the power grid fixed if every politician
regulating the power companies wasn't on their payrolls.