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The Middleton Tavern was established in 1750 by Horatio Middleton. It initially operated as an inn for seafaring men. After Horatio's death. His son, Manuel, ran the business.
The blackwall hitch is a temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook. Made of a simple half hitch over the hook, it will only hold when subjected to constant tension. It is used when the rope and hook are of equal size, but it is likely to slip if subjected to more than ordinary tension.
Any hitch that is made on an eye loop, i.e., on a becket. Blackwall hitch: A temporary means of attaching a rope to a hook. Blake's hitch: A friction hitch commonly used by arborists and tree climbers as an ascending knot. Boom hitch: A rather robust and secure method of attaching a line, or rope to a fixed object like a pipe, post, or sail boom
Blackwall, London, an area of east London, UK Blackwall Tunnel, the main crossing of the River Thames in east London; Blackwall Yard, a former shipyard; The former shipyard at Leamouth, London of Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company and others. London and Blackwall Railway. Blackwall railway station - former eastern terminus of the railway
Walter Butler shipbuilding was a family company started in 1877 as the Butler Brothers Shipbuilders, then later called Walter Butler Shipbuilders Inc.The brother pass the yard to Robert Butler (1897-1955).
USNS Private John F. Thorson (T-AK-247) was a US Maritime Administration (MARCOM) C1-M-AV1 type coastal cargo ship, originally planned as an Alamosa-class cargo ship. ...
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Henry J. Kaiser had been building cargo ships for the U.S. Maritime Commission in the late 1930s. When he received orders for ships from the British government, already at war with Nazi Germany, Kaiser established his first Richmond shipyard in December 1940.