The Snyder was a marvel of its day, with power-assisted steering mechanisms and a steam-powered generator to make electricity on board at a time when many of the houses and farms it passed along ...

Kugyasigciqukut parag’uutakun. – We are going to go fishing (seining) on the boat. Visit any dock in the Kodiak Archipelago and you will find an array of fishing vessels. Skiffs, seiners, tenders, and ...

Chain boats were a revolutionary 19th-century invention—steam-powered river vessels that pulled themselves along submerged chains to navigate shallow or fast-moving waters. These “water trains ...

Rare vintage steam powered boat made around 1950 in Japan, popular in England and India. The brand is C.K. The engine was badly rusted and needed to be completely rebuilt. After spending an entire ...

A STEAM enthusiast from York has set a new speed record with his homemade model boat. Paul Windross took his flash steam-powered tethered hydroplane to Kingsbury Water Park, near Birmingham ...

thought to be the oldest mechanically-powered one in the world. Others include Beatrix Potter's tarn boat, in which she used to sketch, and a luxurious Victorian steam launch. Visitors will also ...

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Before the age of steam power and steel-constructed tugs, fishing was conducted with sailboats ... Sonnemann named two of his boats Fearless No. 1 and Fearless No. 2, as he was known as the ...