(Yes, that's spelled right), which was a concrete ship. It sunk long ago, and what is left is just what is sticking out of the water in this picture. I've included the informational sign that stands on the shore near it. (Please click to enlarge) I'd say, that's about as busted as anything can get.
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So that's what that is ... I guess we were never bright enough to go read the sign .. from a distance we thought that was some sort of bunker that was .. well .. oddly placed... DOH on us .. I now must ask my friend Sheila (Molly Tully's stepdaughter) if she knew this ... neat .. and certainly busted
Now this is an interesting picture.
OMG! that's amazing! and what a picture! Thanks Bobbie, for the WOW moment of the day!
Busted, but not rusted - a concrete ship!! Great photo for the theme, Bobbie. And how inventive of someone in the gov bureauacracy: if you can't get rid of an eyesore, stick up a sign to at least make it historical and interesting! (actually, it is pretty neat)
Hard to imagine a concrete ship staying afloat. Wow!
A concrete ship, no wonder it sunk!
Actually the engineering school here at NCSU has a "Concrete Canoe Race" every year where teams of students form and build (wait for it) canoes made of concrete then race each other at one of the area lakes. I've seen a few of them on display at Mann Hall before.
As counter-intuitive as it sounds, the principle of buoyancy is based on the idea that any object that displaces more than its weight in water will float, no matter what it's made of.
There are forms of ferroconcrete in use today in shipbuilding and while the compounds are far more advanced than your garden variety portland cement, sand, and gravel mixes they're still concrete.
This reminds me of where I grew up. The town is called Kincardine and it sits on the shore of Lake Huron in Ontario. A boat called the Erie Belle wrecked there and all that is left is the boiler. The beach was a popular spot to swim when I was a kid and I just googled to see if I could find pictures. The thing is when I was a kid it was way out in the water and now its on land.
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