Metro Detroiters soon will be able to board the historic Boblo Boat once again, as part of a restoration project to turn the boat into a museum. Unfortunately, the steamship won’t take visitors to ...
CAIRO (AP) – Archaeologists on Monday began restoration on a 4,500-year-old wooden boat found next to the pyramids, one of Egypt’s main tourist attractions. The boat is one of two that were buried ...
Sometimes a career can be launched by a simple twist of fate — or by an old guy named Jeep. After graduating from St. Bernard’s High School in St. Paul in 1965, Tom Sweeney joined the U.S. Coast Guard ...
Bailey Haynes, 13, examines an original piece of the hull of PT-305 following a presentation on the restoration of the historic World War II boat by (back) J. Clifford Grout, III, at the Bluebonnet ...
A group of volunteers hope to restore a World War Two rescue boat that has been partly submerged for "close to 20 years". Whaleback S32s were used by the RAF to rescue thousands of servicemen who ...
In recent decades, there has been a concerted effort in Northeast Ohio and beyond in our state to restore the 308 mile Ohio and Erie Canal towpath as a multi use recreation corridor. The question that ...
Frederick said he finds satisfaction in restoring antique and classic boats, especially wooden watercraft that might otherwise literally feed someone’s fire. “I just don’t want to see them go up in ...
CAYUGA - Wooden boats tend to evoke a sense of style and panache, the likes of which a fiberglass boat could never hope to achieve. Think Carey Grant, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn or any of the other ...
The Boblo boat that didn't leave town hosted a few guests Friday to see the work that's been done, look forward to what will come next and gaze backward toward its cotton-candy past. The SS Ste.
CURRENT JOB: President and CEO, The Chamber of Southern Saratoga County Advertisement Article continues below this ad OUTSIDE INTERESTS: Aust restores and enjoys classic wooden boats. He grew up in ...