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The feature displayed at this post is a computerized scenario of Panamax cargo vessels as long as three American football fields and as wide as the largest cargo vessels made today transiting from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean or vices -a-versa. As these vessels proceed through the locks, as many as six pilot [...]

The invention and development of the Fiberglas boat would forever change the market for small recreational boats.  A boat manufactured out of wood was labor intensive and heavy by Fiberglas standards. It required exacting machinery and processes to produce a watertight vessel. So-called glass wool was developed in the 1930's for insulation and other purposes [...]

https://floridasbigdig.me/2016/04/12/part-ii-water-water-everywhere-three-quarters-of-the-earths-surface/.   So far, I have published 450 posts beginning with several posts on my award-winning book, Florida's Big Dig, the story of the Intracoastal Waterway, how four St. Augustine investors in 1881 agreed with the State of Florida to construct an inland waterway from Saint Augustine to Miami in exchange for public land.  By [...]

https://vimeo.com/123164239  [Touch link to the left, which brings you to the movie, 6 minutes long. Start movie by touching triangle rotated ninety degrees to the right].  The video is beautiful, with background music but no narration. The video moves rapidly at ground level through the Everglades to the Ghost Orchid. The variety of flora and [...]

In partnership with NASA, private SpaceX launched its second-stage payload to re-stock the Space Station while also landing its re-usable First Stage on a barge at sea off the coast of Cape Canaveral on Friday, April 8, 2016.