Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/17

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Subject: [Leica] BOATING PESO Soujourner Truth, a ferry sloop.
From: lrzeitlin at aol.com (lrzeitlin at aol.com)
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:27:01 -0400
 
In the 1700s ferry sloops were used to transfer cargo from shore to the 90 
foot long sailing sloops that travelled between New York City and Albany. 
The Soujourner Truth is a replica made to compliment the replica Hudson 
River sloop "Clearwater" that Peter Seger's Clean Hudson foundation 
financed. The replica Soujourner Truth is made of ferrocement, concrete laid 
on a chicken wire armature. It is very strong but very heavy. If it is 
punctured it will sink like a stone. Unfortunately that's what happened to 
this one a couple of years ago.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Soujourner+Truth.jpg.html

Larry Z
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