Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/09/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was first used in WW II to save steel, but revived by the Mother Earth Catalog Gang. Google it up, fascinating. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor at comcast.net>wrote: > Pretty boat. Never did understand the point of ferrocement construction. > Maybe it was really cheap. > > > Regards, > > Dick > > > > > On Sep 17, 2009, at 3:27 PM, lrzeitlin at aol.com wrote: > > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana (+31.754164,-093.099080) USA