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Unexpected treat- steamboat!
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 |