Build yourself a little double ender!
Month: May 2020
This Week in Herreshoff History: May 28
News this week from 1873 to 1920! Guano speculation and more hot topics in fertilizer news, a prescient note about HMCo. steam power, torpedo boats, a dismasting and two steel masts.
Q&A from Virtual “Night at the Museum” Tour
Follow up questions from last week’s live tour and interview at HMM
Peter Isler’s Web Wednesdays
A Night at the Museum:
Backstage at the Herreshoff Marine Museum
Brought to you by the American Sailing Association
This Week in Herreshoff History: May 21
Launching season continues, spotlight on a related artifact, a somber auction, a happier occasion a year later, and repairs at HMCo.’s Walkers Cove facility and marine rail
Putt Putt Boats
How about we make a putt putt boat? It is a miniature steam boat you can make at home from things in the recycling bin. With some basic tools you will be on your way to being a steam boat engineer just Like Captain Nat.
Whaleboats for the Greely Relief Expedition
A rescue mission to the Arctic is supplied with two small HMCo. built steam powered whaleboats
Grow “Ice” Crystals
In keeping with today’s arctic theme, a chance to grow your own “ice” crystals
This Week in Herreshoff History: May 18
Steam engines that powered the plant, and a whole parade of boats belonging to a [human] Plant
Color Your Own 12 ½
Print this page at home and color your own 12½!