Forum: SparTalk
11-24-2014, 05:51 PM
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Hey, I found one Bill Burns @...
Hey, I found one Bill Burns @ http://atlantic-cable.com/ who isn't 130+ yrs. old, but did direct me to this 1903 Roebling (as in Brooklyn Bridge) catalog here:...
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Forum: SparTalk
11-04-2014, 05:26 AM
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Well, I just can't believe that there isn't...
Well, I just can't believe that there isn't somebody on this forum that's a 130 or so years old that would remember what was available back then:confused: Anybody got an old catalog? From the one...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-25-2014, 06:26 PM
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Hi Ian, Radical yawl, yikes, was it owned by a...
Hi Ian, Radical yawl, yikes, was it owned by a communist?:) Hmmn, despite what you say, as I recall you paid 1,000's of dollars each for 4 Merriman wire winches in the late 80's from me, so you...
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Forum: SparTalk
10-25-2014, 05:52 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,269
What was available in 1901?
We are trying to determine what wire rope would have been used for a boat built in 1901. Size of standing rigging about 1/4" - 5/16", running rigging, in the form of a halyard, 1/4". A designer of...
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