The Baxter Memorial Library is a historical building located in Sydney, Maine, built in 1908 with a pink granite exterior and red oak woodwork within. The building has served as a public library for over 100 years, offering an extensive collection of books, periodicals, audio books, and computers for community use. Built in the early… Continue reading The Gorham, ME-based Baxter Memorial Library
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Shipbuilders Auger
An auger is a distinct sort of drill bit, which has recesses about a helical chopping blade that ejects the product produced by drilling a gap. This unique auger was made for the Ardrossan Dockyards Corporation, specifically made for working with the powerful wood utilized in a ships decking, masts and interiors. For additional facts… Continue reading Shipbuilders Auger
Seats of learning
The Picton Reading through Home @ Liverpool Central Library just just one of the city’s 22 public libraries. (Neither tripod nor flash employed for this shot, btw) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Central_Library Posted by * RICHARD M (more than 12 MILLION Views) on 2016-04-22 13:50:58 Tagged: , Picton Looking through Room , Liverpool Central Library , library , libraries… Continue reading Seats of learning
Shipbuilders Tools Adse
An Adze is bladed tool that is utilised to sleek out wood, normally applied in squaring up logs or timbers it was also utilised to hollow out much larger items of wood. This specific Adze is specifically developed for a shipwright, so that he can use it from a wide range of positions this kind… Continue reading Shipbuilders Tools Adse
Shipbuilders Tools Caulking Hammer and Chisel
The occupation of a caulker was to be certain that the joins of a ship were being watertight. A caulker would use these equipment to wedge sheets of cotton, which had been impregnated with a pine pitch, involving planks/beams of wood. This would swell and trigger the becoming a member of of the wood beams… Continue reading Shipbuilders Tools Caulking Hammer and Chisel