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https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=272

Is not that a cool looking light house? Today (as in about one hour ago) it has a bunch of snow on it and ice around it - looks like Dracula would love to stay the night. So cool to see these things up close. The US did a bang up job of making many of their lighthouses works or art.

We are breaking out a couple tug/barg folks that are stuck in the thin ice. Lots of fun - not a great day to use the lathe due to vibration issues, but I suppose that one that is swiss made would not have any issues - LOL

Stay safe and healthy!

Brent
 
Have you seen the Split Rock lighthouse? NE out of Duluth on the north shore. I think lighthouses are cool, I’ve gone to a bunch of them in North Carolina’s Outer Banks and seen a few around the Great Lakes.
Stay safe!
 
@Chicken lights : I probably have past by it at one point in the last 27 years - we have been to Duluth only a handful of times - got some shore leave once there to check out the town - it was a Christmas adventure I believe - neat older type place. We (Canada) has a few light houses on Superior that are in similar locations but the cash flow difference is somewhat evident.

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This is Trowbridge light house in northern superior.

Back in the late 80's and early 90's we used to have programs to go out and paint these things and re-roof them with the metal roofs. That lasted until just about 94 and then we got orders to burn many of the places to the ground. Gut the copper , remove the lights, generators, fuel etc etc and then torch them.

They replaced them with just a piece of basically drainage pipe with a light on top - solar power, no humans.

There are a bunch of really really cool places that are remote and not really "public" so you never see them. Some went up for sale in the early 90's and you could buy as a cottage, many didn't sell as they were so remote (couple day boat trip) so they ended up "being returned to nature" alas....

We still paint some of them and do odd repairs but not like the early times. All that cement on Trowbridge would have been hauled out in the form of sand, gravel, cement and mixed and poured on site - crazy amounts of work.
 
@YYCHobbyMachinist
I don't see any ice in your picture?
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Yes, that is off the web page. I don't carry my phone or camera around very much - I saw the light house from the mess porthole and thought to pass on to you guys after I finished my hot baked pretzel....so you see, I had a choice...dash several decks to my cabin and leap out to try and get a shot....or stay and enjoy a superbly made pretzel in its prime while the light house drifted to far away.... dang pretzel won I am afraid...alas:oops:
 
Brent H said:
@Chicken lights : Should try and set you up with our ice breaking horn - it is like 40" in diameter - you could blow the wee cars out of your path! would not be great for fuel economy though!
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Might be a risk I’m willing to take!

All kidding aside when kids do the arm pump thing, I blow the big horn one short one llllooooonnnggg. It’s an unwritten rule :D
 
I have a Clairion or a Klaxon not sure which (surplus rack) off a sour gas warning tower & no I didn't pilfer it off an active site the site was decommissioned
it's painful if your not far enough away I'll send it to you. It's obviously a use at your own risk deal. inbox your info if interested I'm sure it'll make the kids do the baby wiggle
 
Brent H said:
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https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=272

Is not that a cool looking light house? Today (as in about one hour ago) it has a bunch of snow on it and ice around it - looks like Dracula would love to stay the night. So cool to see these things up close. The US did a bang up job of making many of their lighthouses works or art.

We are breaking out a couple tug/barg folks that are stuck in the thin ice. Lots of fun - not a great day to use the lathe due to vibration issues, but I suppose that one that is swiss made would not have any issues - LOL

Stay safe and healthy!

Brent
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It might leave some interesting patterns of the work piece. LOL
 
It's an Air Chime a couple of #'s on it 30109 Ser.# 18644 appx. 16" oal 7' at trumpet end 6' at diaphragm 1/2' npt inlet and a nasty attitude.
Took awhile to locate, my inventory team gets distracted easily when in the several warehouses. Shipping is checking options hopefully on it's way today.
 
The back view:

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A cement barge with a very underpowered tug pushing it - yes, silly at the best of times but this is what puts food on the table - LOL
 
All that mileage and no trolling rod?
wasted opportunity
ice is no excuse lol seriously Thanks for sharing
 
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