Comments on: ss Columbia http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:46:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mageb http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5729 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:12:51 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5729 Happy, happy Happy Valentines Day!

]]> By: Barista Uno http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5726 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:31:42 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5726 Praise be to old ships. Praise be to artists who keep them alive.

]]> By: Ken http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5700 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 05:27:31 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5700 I have pictures of her on my blog as well. Along with the St. Claire.

]]> By: tugboathunter http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5696 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:59:34 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5696 The main advocate for her restoration passed away this past week. The future looks more dim than ever for the old Boblo girl…

]]> By: starbuck5250 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5694 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:55:32 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5694 In memory yet green, in joy still felt,
The scenes of life rise sharply into view.
We triumph; Life’s disasters are undealt,
And while all else is old, the world is new.
— Isaac Asimov

]]> By: tugster http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5693 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:37:53 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5693 See the last foto in this post, a scrappy old vessel that begs for more life. foto taken in complicated circumstances and almost triggering arrest: http://tugster.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/road-fotos-12/ ss columbia in tatters.

]]> By: Reid http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/ss-columbia/#comment-5691 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:32:41 +0000 http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/?p=5238#comment-5691 Dear Christina,

It’s beautiful! It reminds me a bit (not in appearance, but in survival and age) of CHAUNCY MAPLES http://www.chauncymaples.org/ of Lake Malawi, which is in the midst of restoration. Thanks for helping to maintain our maritime perspective in such a lovely way!

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