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Day 151 - Mission, Loom by jl98584
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.
- 30 January 2008 - Corpus Christi, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Gate by jl98584
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Maritime Museum, WWII Submarine Attacks_off_NC by jl98584
This chart shows where allied ships were sunk following U-Boat attacks off North Carolina's coast.
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Outter_Wall by jl98584
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Kitchen by jl98584
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Interior Wall_Detail by jl98584
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace Signage by jl98584
This sign explains how the hot shot furnace was used
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace_Detail by jl98584
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.
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Hot Shot Furnace by jl98584
This hot shot furnace has been fully restored, as has most of the fort.
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Main__Gate by jl98584
This is the main gate to the inside portion of the fort. There is a ramp leading from the top of the outside ramparts.
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Enlisted Men's Quarters_left by jl98584
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day_101_-_Fort Macon, Civil War Uniforms by jl98584
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.
- 11 December 2007 - Beaufort Meadows, USA
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Day 77 - Velocipede Museum, Brownell Bone Shaker by jl98584
This was manufactured abt 1868 for the mass market at $80.
- 17 November 2007 - New Castle, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Wheel by jl98584
The Charles W. Morgan is the oldest whaling vessel still afloat in the US.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Hold by jl98584
This ship could hold 2,300 casks of whale oil when she was full. Whale oil was used for lamps.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Folding Ladder by jl98584
An example of how a folding ladder could be made for a ship before modern technology.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Rendering Oven by jl98584
After several stages of cutting up the Whale's blubber, it was 'rendered' or cooked to extract the oil.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Crews Quarters by jl98584
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).
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chs Morgan Captains Quarters by jl98584
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.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Plymouth Cordage Company by jl98584
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.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Chappel by jl98584
One of the many buildings from an 1870 seafaring village. When you enter the Chappel, a recording plays a typical sermon of that era.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 60 - Old Mystic Seaport, Charles W. Morgan by jl98584
This is the only surviving wooden whaling ship. It was built in 1841 and made 37 voyages before retiring in 1921.
- 31 October 2007 - Masons Island, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Bros Home by jl98584
The Wrights lived in this house from 1870 to 1913.
- 25 September 2007 - Dearborn, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Cycle Shop by jl98584
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
- 25 September 2007 - Dearborn, USA
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Day 24 - Greenfield Village, Wright Cycle Shop Window 2 by jl98584
The Wright Brothers sold mostly bicycles, but also early Edison phonographs
- 25 September 2007 - Dearborn, USA
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