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Thread #125540 Message #3345816
Posted By: Charley Noble
01-May-12 - 04:39 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Laying on the Screw (Brady)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Laying on the Screw (Brady)
Leeneia-
I think the only way that the problem was minimized was after they designed ships that no longer leaked. Steel and Iron hulls were a lot better than any wooden hull when it came to leaking.
I've got a few photos of the screw-jack crews at work and it certainly looks like hard work; one is linked up above.
Brady was also editor of the leftwing newspaper on the waterfront and I find a lot of his poems of interest. He was also a long-time friend of Henry Lawson.
Cheerily,
Charley Noble