Photos tagged as musuems

Day 151 - Mission, Loom

This is the type of loom used in the Mission during the late 1700's and early 1800's. The objective was for the Mission to be as self-sustaining as possible.

• Date: 30 January 2008
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Corpus Christi, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Gate

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, WWII Submarine Attacks_off_NC

This chart shows where allied ships were sunk following U-Boat attacks off North Carolina's coast.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Outter_Wall

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Kitchen

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Interior Wall_Detail

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace Signage

This sign explains how the hot shot furnace was used

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace_Detail

Cannon balls were dropped from this end and rolled down over a super hot fire at the bottom, where they sat until they were red hot. These ovens were made obsolete by ironed hulled vessels which wouldn't catch fire when hit.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace

This hot shot furnace has been fully restored, as has most of the fort.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Main__Gate

This is the main gate to the inside portion of the fort. There is a ramp leading from the top of the outside ramparts.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Enlisted Men's Quarters_left

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Civil War Uniforms

There was an entire room devoted to different army uniforms during the era's the fort was in use. These just illustrate the Civil War period.

• Date: 11 December 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day 77 - Velocipede Museum, Brownell Bone Shaker

This was manufactured abt 1868 for the mass market at $80.

• Date: 17 November 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: New Castle, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Wheel

The Charles W. Morgan is the oldest whaling vessel still afloat in the US.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Hold

This ship could hold 2,300 casks of whale oil when she was full. Whale oil was used for lamps.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Folding Ladder

An example of how a folding ladder could be made for a ship before modern technology.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Rendering Oven

After several stages of cutting up the Whale's blubber, it was 'rendered' or cooked to extract the oil.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Crews Quarters

About 25 - 30 crew worked on the Charles W. Morgan. They would sometimes be at sea for a couple of years at a time in these, cramped quarters (when not on deck or in a whale boat).

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Captains Quarters

The captain was the only person allowed to bring his wife & family on a whaling ship, although it wasn't very common even for the captain.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Plymouth Cordage Company

This company was founded in 1824 in Plymouth, MA by Bourne Spooner. In 1951, employee's saved this portion of their old building and reassembled it at Old Mystic Seaport, together with it's machinery.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chappel

One of the many buildings from an 1870 seafaring village. When you enter the Chappel, a recording plays a typical sermon of that era.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Charles W. Morgan

This is the only surviving wooden whaling ship. It was built in 1841 and made 37 voyages before retiring in 1921.

• Date: 31 October 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Mystic, USA: gallery
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Bros Home

The Wrights lived in this house from 1870 to 1913.

• Date: 25 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Dearborn, USA: gallery
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Cycle Shop

This is the actual bicycle shop where the Wright Brothers developed the first successful airplane. It was moved to Greenfield Village by Henry Ford from Dayton, Ohio

• Date: 25 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Dearborn, USA: gallery
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Statue of Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison didn't just invent the light bulb, but many many other things. His shop also developed practical ways to generate and distribute electricity so people could benefit from his inventions.

• Date: 25 September 2007
• Photographer: jl98584: gallery
• Location: Dearborn, USA: gallery
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