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| | | On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Richard Parsons (<FpJ6oq.5r9@lugnet.com>) wrote at 23:08:58 (...) Is this the Amazon Adventure thingy? I don't think we've got it in the UK. Are these the single brick thick bow sections? (24 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Rifer Expedition (was re: Boilers) —Richard Parsons
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| | | | | Tony Priestman wrote (...) I (...) (URL) think six wide bow bits used to make 'cutters', and then think ten wide. There's also a top/bottom plate with the same profile (a la six wide) and there is also a top plate complete with gunwales. In the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | Re: Boilers —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) I've often gone directly for screw propulsion. But if I'm not mistaken, weren't most small paddlewheelers (<800 dwt) run by a single boiler, oriented front to back like a train given the orientation of the wheels' axle? I saw a boat like (...) (24 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | | | | | Re: Boilers —James Powell
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| | | | (...) I (...) weren't (...) like (...) That would sound about right. I can ask the PNLTC members who live in Portland for pictures of one if you guys are really interested (Ben Fleskes should be able to get pics fairly easy). From memory, ya, most (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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