There are few Dutch names that survive around here - Spuyten Duyvil, Staten Island, Dyckman Street - and the Tappan Zee - a wide zee or bay 15 miles north of Manhattan. They are painting the bridge - which requires sandblasting it first. On a barge beneath the east tower is a set of generators and compressors that blast sand up and suck the residue down. We took a ride there yesterday on the Alice a 1963 Dyercraft 29. (click on pix to enlarge)
U.S. Maritime Administration Issues New Advisory Amid Rising Maritime
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In response to escalating regional conflicts in the Middle East, the U.S.
Maritime Administration has issued a new advisory to shipping that enhances
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