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Diane Putnam

Diane Putnam club

Posted: 26 Oct 2017

Taken: 28 Oct 2017

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Ship Ashore

Ship Ashore
"Once a millionaire's private yacht, fitted to serve as WWII Navy messenger and weather ship, then decommissioned in 1946. Eventually ended up serving as a dockside restaurant, cocktail lounge and motel office. Since 1965, a landmark, land-bound gift shop and museum. At last report, the museum was closed." From: www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/1972

It seems to me that it was moved, because I remember it being parallel to the highway and close to the water, not close to the highway and perpendicular as it is here.

Keith Burton, M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !! ( Marj ), Andy Rodker, kiiti and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo

13 comments - The latest ones
 Léopold
Léopold club
Gigantic lawn mower !
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Léopold club
A riding lawn mower - wheee!
6 years ago.
 L. L. Wall
L. L. Wall club
... thanks for geo-locating this shot (I still have some of that old Panoramio tendency: I like to see where each shot was taken.) ...

Even small ships are pretty heavy; it must have been an interesting effort to get it 500 yards(or more?) from navigable water.
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to L. L. Wall club
I still do that, I can't help myself! I've wondered about the weight thing, too. Unfortunately, my mother (92) does not remember details like that anymore and there is no one else to ask. My brothers would have been to young to remember it. The earliest GE image is 1988 and it's in this location.
6 years ago.
Andy Rodker club has replied to L. L. Wall club
I find it really annoying when I don't know where an otherwise terrific photo is from! I do occasionally forget with my uploads but no one has yet asked me where one of mine is from, so either I don't forget very often, or it is only a few of us who are bothered by it!
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Andy Rodker club
I think it is only a few of us. I can't stand it when I don't know, or can't even guess based on that person's usual places! Right, I think GE/Panoramio trained us well.
6 years ago.
L. L. Wall club has replied to Andy Rodker club
... yes, trained by Panoramio ...

... I have been mousing around GE, downloading a few of the memorable shots I had found there/remembered were there, before Google gets around to completely erasing Pano and those blue icons from existence ... OK, that's probably cyber-theft of some kind, but most of them were posted by fleeting Pano contributors, or people I can no longer find on the internet ...

But ... it reminded me how much of a loss the shuttering of Panoramio was; internet friendships severed, yes ... but millions of gorgeous and/or informative and/or ephemeral photos are going to be forever gone ... I maintain the closing and eventual eradication of Panoramio is one of the unseen tragedies of this decade ...
6 years ago.
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
very interesting!
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Gabi Lombardo club
Grazie mille, Gabi!
6 years ago.
 M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !! ( Marj )
M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… club
I'm sure it can be salvage, seems such a waste of this magnificent ship !!
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to M♥rJ Photogr♥phy !!… club
It really is a waste. I should buy it and live there - haha! Thanks, Marj.
6 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
All these beached and abandoned vessels are a photographers dream! I've really enjoyed looking at them Diane. Thanks for sharing.
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Keith Burton club
Yes, it was such a treat! Thank you, Keith!
6 years ago.

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