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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Saturday, 26 June 2010 20:07 |
At 98 years old, New Zealand's TSS Earnslaw is the one of the oldest working passenger carrying coal driven steam ships in the southern hemisphere, still carrying up to 1000 passengers per day on the iconic Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown.
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Friday, 25 September 2009 18:27 |
Working Steam Navvy
On a tourist visit to Alcatraz I came across this giant steam powered navvy floating crane helping out with the dockside construction. Being construction workers they were not exactly helpful about letting me get near the crane, and there was no way to talk to th [ … ] |
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Friday, 25 September 2009 18:19 |
Hi, one and all!, Paul has asked that I do a small profile on me and my mechanical marvels and I am happy to oblige. I am 52, married to Marie for 27 years (into injury time surely) and have three daughters aged 21, 18 and 16 none of whom is particularly interested in mechanical things although they [ … ] |
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Friday, 25 September 2009 18:05 |
My living is computers in public transport, so I often had occasion to visit Melbourne's main train station Flinders Street which lies alongside the Yarra River. On some of these visits I took note of a small wooden steam boat working the river, but never had the opportunity to take a closer look.
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Written by Paul Pavlinovich
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Friday, 25 September 2009 18:01 |
Built 1874 at Echuca by G.Linklater. She measured 92' 2''x 17' X6' 5''. She was used as a tow boat as she had very little capacity space, working for a number of riverboat firms towing barges laiden with wool or logs for the local sawmill.
In 1957 the Hero was used to transport a barge load of catt [ … ] |
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