aka closer-up shots from Saturday’s departure. Might we have to wait til the Gilbraltar port call to get the next closeups? And is the person on the barge just forward of Tibbetts the last one to set foot there until Europe? If I could get a cheap ticket to Gilbraltar in two weeks or so . . .
Liberty glided to starboard
and then port
to line up through the bridge. (Yes, I was shooting through chainlink.) Does Liberty have z-drives?
Less than a quarter-mile from the “slip” Allie B showed signs of settling into the harness.
Brooklyn Bridge‘s cargo has robust bracing forward
and aft. And are those bundles corrections to balance?
Not every early March day lends itself to so much outdoor activity.
Towmasters’ comment leads to a link about another crane named Goliath in Belfast’s Harland & Wolff, builders of the Titanic. Belfast landmarked the crane to ensure that it stayed in the port. And that led me to a link to about Kockums Crane here and a poignant site in Swedish (if you don’t read Swedish, you can surely read the fantastic fotos) about a crane that, like Quincy’s, went away.
If you’re interested in a soundtrack to this series, try Downeaster Alexa even though it laments a different Northeast maritime industry; it just happened to play on my radio Saturday . . . as if anything “just happens.”
All fotos here by Will Van Dorp.
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March 9, 2009 at 8:57 pm
Mage Bailey
Great reading. Wonderful shots on that Malmo site. Have you seen this page from the LA boys about the Mighty Servant 3 sinking.
http://www.cargolaw.com/2006nightmare_mightyserve3.html
March 10, 2009 at 10:55 am
Mage Bailey
I always find that site very useful. Another is:
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/altern8news/
Shipspotting which has a little of every ship, boat, and watercraft above or below the waterline.
March 11, 2009 at 11:14 am
Dan
Liberty is indeed a Z-drive, her and her twin sister Freedom are the primary ship assist tugs in Boston. http://www.bostontowboat.com has all the details on BTT’s fleet.