Holland Torpedo Boat Company $200,000 to build an 85-foot, 15-knot, steam-powered submarine called Plunger. Holland was only somewhat pleased. He didn't like the imposition of a steam engine as ...

Operated by a small steam engine, tho cranes perform the work of ... guides the carriage as a rudder does a boat. At tlie center iiiid Ijottoni of the balloon is an indentation, or space left ...

He therefore left the farm, and commenced running a small sail boat between Staten Island and ... He is now a large proprietor of manufacturing and engine building establish- ments.

Continuing his journey across the Midlands via its canals, our author finds eccentric characters, moving memorials and quaint ...

The vessel was crushed by sea-ice and sank on 21 November 1915, forcing Shackleton and his men to make a heroic escape on foot and in small ... steam whistle attached. Beside it is the engine ...

Henry Kaiser’s mass-produced Casablanca-class "jeep carriers" became a crucial U.S. Navy asset during WWII. Though smaller ...

The riverboat captain is a storyteller, and Captain Don Sanders will be sharing the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and ...

Four of the Evenson’s five crewmen were rescued by the Stephenson, but the boat’s fireman ... descended on the ship’s giant ...

The Steam charts are filled with all kinds of examples ... as well as added in new wildlife, boats, and of course, different ways to die a horrible death in the bleak tundra.

As part of the great migration of African Americans from the South to northern cities, some 200,000 African Americans moved ...

The SS United States — a luxury ocean liner built in the 1950s — was planned to be used as a Cold War transport ship for troops and now will become part of the world’s largest artificial reef off ...

Get ready to sail the ocean blue with an iconic ship as LEGO has unveiled a new Idea set featuring the iconic ship The Endurance ...