Is it a wreck? The answer is None of the above and Some of the above which is the whole story
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- Опубликовано: 27 май 2023
- Is it a wreck? Well, after what I've been through to make this video- I am a WRECK. I had the video in the software with 100% of the audio laid down and about 30% of the images, but I had most of the images in the folder. Then... my "C" drive developed a fritz and it had to be replaced. Along the way out, that drive corrupted the entire video. Now I have a new solid state drive... which means I have to load all of the software again. I'd been using a well advertised video software whose name starts with a "P"... in fact I paid for the latest professional version. In order to get back to work I contacted the folks who make that package and gave them all they needed to re-send me that software... that was almost a month ago... I still haven't heard back from them. So I purchased another company's software... and had to learn it. While I was doing that as well as getting replacement software for all sorts of other stuff... my credit card got attacked... 44 times. Now I'm waiting for the new card to get here. Meanwhile, my new hard drive decided that it really does not get along with my 17 year old WACOM Bamboo pad and pen. I'll need to buy a more up-to-date unit. So, I'm using my travel pen and pad which pretty much almost works with Windows 10. Finally after a LOT of swearing, this video is finished and I'm a wreck as well as being out close to $1K for everything so far. If you see a tiny mistake in the video...KEEP IT TO YOURSELF... because if you point it out, it may put me over the edge and we'll see another chain saw and bus depot event like the one back in... never mind.
Very cool video & backstory! Certainly, I'm not the only viewer who really appreciates the research effort you put into this. Not being from the area would have to make this a very obscure research subject.
Thanks for the education here!
I need to keep my research edge sharp and this was a good exercise.
We are grateful for the content Wes. I am glad that you did not let the challenges overcome your production of this video. Thank you for EVERY video you make and book you write.
Make sure your family knows that you are appreciated by your YT subscribers and supporters.
♥️ From Buffalo
Thanks. I just got a new Wacom pad (I never use a mouse) and we're getting along quite well. Should be up to speed very soon.
Thanks for the great history story.
Thanks for tuning in- feel free to view all of my videos.
Great one Wes! Liked the video. I worked in Windsor in the mid 1980's and I spent some time exploring the waterfront. There were still quite a lot of railway related structures and car ferry slips there on the bank, and I saw a few loaded car ferries crossing the river. As I recall, equipment was marked Norfolk and Western and Wabash. Not many ferries crossing, but a few. Wish I could have been there many years before to see the Landsdowne crossing with several steam traction engines on flatcars. Cheers!
Yep they worked with push-tugs well into the 1980s.
Wasn't familiar with this story...but enjoyed it a lot.
Thsnk you for your time put in researching everything.
Well done !
I'm happy that you liked it.
Great Video! This was the ferry you mentioned in the last video, definitely not the Landsowne!
I didn't wanna give it away. I have always done my best to deal in the obscure... this is pretty much that.
Fascinating. Very well presented. 4:56 I look at the railing around the upper a deck and it’s low height gives me the heebie-jeebies. A modern railing would be set at the height of the one at the rear of the lower deck. I’m assuming the low railing at the upper deck was so the crew’s view was less impeded.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Wes,
I always learn from your research and videos. Boe
Glad to hear it
As always Wes. Excellent job with the delivery of history. I am always amazed at the amount of research you put into your production. Keep up with the great work, and as always, thank you for the information you've shared with me.
Thanks a ton. I just got a new Wacom pad (I never use a mouse) and I'm rapidly learning its "ways."
I always enjoy the history, and appreciate the research you put into them!!!!!!
Thank you very much!
Always first rate stuff. Thanks, Wes.
My pleasure. I do the same in my books.
Well, I just ordered two of them. You twisted my arm.😉
Very interesting and entertaining, Wes! Thanks much for all the hard work. It was worth it!
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@@authorwes have been for a long while!
That is a fascinating story Wes! Your researching explained a lot about why the side wheel and hulls were in the river. Thanks for sharing this.
Happy that you liked it
Side note: I appreciate your use of 1800s and 1900s, instead of 19th Century and 20th Century. With the latter, I always get distracted by doing the math.
Me too... don't tell anyone.
Fascinating Wes. But I have to consult with a mathematician/logician that I know to see if "None of the above" and "Some of the above" statements will hold. It's not a Ven diagram solution! But I did love the post. I guess that you are Visitor Emeritus at local libraries.
It's fun to walk into a historical soc. and have them call you by name.
Wes, I always look forward to your videos and make my lovely bride watch along. Thank you!
On another note, I thought I heard on one of your videos from fall of 2022 that you were working on a Daniel J Morrell video. Or maybe It was wishful thinking?
The author of the definitive book on the Morrell and I were talking about it, but such has yet to come to reality.
Another great video. Do you know if the remains of the Michigan Central have been found?
I heard from one diver who said they were "visible" but I haven't located them on satellite.
@@authorwes The Alpena County Library says her wreck was still visible in 1994.
There is a shipwreck in the inner harbour of Kingston, Ontario. Nobody knows what ship it is and all that remains are the ribs and what looks like the floor.
Kingston was a VERY busy port in the era of wooden vessels from earl on, so there are countless possibilities
Great sleuthing. History books are only as accurate as we keep them!
My feeling exactly.
Did you do a video on the the tugboat that's half sunk in the saginaw River in saginaw or know the story behind it?
Give me an exact location in Saginaw. Dozens of tugs worked there back in the day. Or are you talking about Zilwaukee?
@W. Wes Oleszewski I think that's the one I'm thinking of, it's on that little island in the river across from the gm plant and docks and sometimes has a much bigger tug boat docked to it. This video made it pop back into my mind
1:01 the old Arnold Line dock on Mackinac?
Not sure- it was in a Library of Congress set that mostly featured Detroit, but the exact location was not given.
I wonder if there is a connection between Durocher Dock & Dredge out of Cheboygan and this Durocher?
No idea. Yet it is a fairly common name
That had to take some serious research
Keeps me in shape.
Thr research you put into these videos is very much appreciated. The whole true story of the side-wheeler's history is very interesting. From the 1880's right up until today - a persons mind can think about the history involved (and we can see it) Thank you again Wes.
Much appreciated!