By Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 07:44 pm:
Our archive shots take us along on a variety of places today. We begin in Marquette, on Washington Street back in 2006. Aladino Mandoli found a spot looking over the street to capture this brightly lit scene. Note the historic Delft marquee, which is the original from the theater's opening in 1914 as a single screen movie house. At the time this photo was taken it had been converted to a modern five screen cinema while still retaining its historic setting. Today’s it is known as the Delft Bistro, with dining and a “twist of cinematic entertainment”. Sounds interesting!
With firearm deer hunting season opening tomorrow, the first thought to cross my mind with the second photo is an elaborate deer blind. Paul Trautman shared this shot in 2009 and the speculation back then was that it was an old fire tower and perhaps someone converted it to their hunting platform. If that’s true, this hunter must have quite the view of the surrounding area for miles and miles.
In the third photo taken in 2011, Taana Kalliainen Blom captured the USCG Cutter Alder as it was headed out of Portage Lower Entry, near White City and Jacobsville, working to bring in the buoys for the winter season.
In today’s video, Ken Laesser gives us a look at the Old Guard Series of USCG buoy tenders. These tenders were built and operated by the United States Lighthouse Service until 1939, when the USCG and USLHS merged that year. It’s an interesting look back at those earlier buoy tenders.
By Dunerat (Dunerat) on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 - 09:20 pm:
2005: Paco! Miss seeing you!
By john mich (Johnofmi) on Thursday, November 15, 2018 - 01:21 am:
If ... and only IF... you really, really, really like those old Coast Guard buoy tenders here is your chance to have your own!
From boatnerd.com;
Port Huron’s ex-USCG Bramble advertised for sale
11/14 - Ads have been appearing on maritime broker sites for the former USCG cutter Bramble, most recently at Port Huron as an operational museum ship.
Bramble (WLB-392) is one of the 39 original 180-foot seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942-1944 for the United States Coast Guard.
View one of the ads at this link: https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1944/cutter-zenith-dredge-co--3254442
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