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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 5, 2015 15:48:40 GMT -8
Video clip of the Kalakala on her inaugural voyage.
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Post by vintagekingcounty on Jan 6, 2015 15:00:14 GMT -8
I just found this thread and appreciate all the information here. If we can't preserve the vessel, I'm certainly glad we can preserve the history.
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Post by Kahloke on Jan 6, 2015 19:14:16 GMT -8
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Post by Neil on Jan 7, 2015 0:01:07 GMT -8
It would be more historically correct if the car had a tiny windshield that obscured the road eighty feet in front of the driver, and if the engine was really loosely mounted to produce a lot of rattle and vibration.... but that probably wouldn't fly in today's picky auto market.
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Post by theoanderson23 on Jan 7, 2015 15:55:59 GMT -8
Perhaps the Kalakala could be recycled into one of the new state ferries? Then she could live on as a new state ferry. They could maybe put some of her metal into the new Chimacum? I don't know if that would be possible but that would be really cool considering Kalakala was a recycled ship from the start and Chimacum may be put on the Bremerton run just like the Kalakala.
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Post by trainguru on Jan 8, 2015 15:49:22 GMT -8
Grieving the Kalakala, I realized I had never been able to track down her engine specifications (the mechanical details like cylinder size, engine measurements, et cetera.) Does anybody have those here?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 8, 2015 17:25:04 GMT -8
How is the upcoming scrapping any worse than what's happened for the past 20 years or so (or longer)?
It's just that what has been reality for the past number of years will now be made even more obvious: That Kalakala is no longer what she once was. The object of our ferry affection has been gone for a long time already... And hope has been gone for a long time too.
But now, even the dreamers need to admit that it's over. After that, the only people left believing will be those who think the scrapping was a fake event, along with the moon-landings and the Queen of Victoria at Alang.
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Post by trillium on Jan 8, 2015 18:55:08 GMT -8
... But now, even the dreamers need to admit that it's over. After that, the only people left believing will be those who think the scrapping was a fake event, along with the moon-landings and the Queen of Victoria at Alang. Or perhaps most relevant on this sub-board, the Klickitat at Ensenada.
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Post by chokai on Jan 9, 2015 9:36:58 GMT -8
Perhaps the Kalakala could be recycled into one of the new state ferries? Then she could live on as a new state ferry. They could maybe put some of her metal into the new Chimacum? I don't know if that would be possible but that would be really cool considering Kalakala was a recycled ship from the start and Chimacum may be put on the Bremerton run just like the Kalakala. This is a great suggestion and warrants an email to Karl Anderson. I looked a bit for contact info for him but couldn't find anything directly on his companies website and can't call them for a few days.
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Post by northwesterner on Jan 9, 2015 9:38:37 GMT -8
... But now, even the dreamers need to admit that it's over. After that, the only people left believing will be those who think the scrapping was a fake event, along with the moon-landings and the Queen of Victoria at Alang. Or perhaps most relevant on this sub-board, the Klickitat at Ensenada. I'm still hanging onto that one...
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Post by vintagekingcounty on Jan 13, 2015 20:06:46 GMT -8
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Post by SS San Mateo on Jan 21, 2015 10:25:01 GMT -8
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Post by SolDuc on Jan 22, 2015 7:02:47 GMT -8
My final goodbye to the Kalakala, which also includes some unique and pretty sweet pictures taken by me! Those will be posted here when I get the time to, but for now you can see them on the article.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 22, 2015 7:37:19 GMT -8
My final goodbye to the Kalakala, which also includes some unique and pretty sweet pictures taken by me! Those will be posted here when I get the time to, but for now you can see them on the article. Good sir: For the sake of history and our enjoyment of it, we all really appreciate your efforts to go out on the water to get those final photos. Merci.
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 22, 2015 11:19:38 GMT -8
According to the Tacoma News Tribune, they won't be cradling the boat; just letting her heel over naturally as the water recedes.
I hope they know the hull is round... otherwise they're in for quite a shock if it rolls all the way over, possibly ending up upside down.
It's a shame that it has to end this way, but I'd rather this over rolling over and blocking the Blair Waterway for months while they clean it up.
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Post by chokai on Jan 22, 2015 12:23:09 GMT -8
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Post by Barnacle on Jan 22, 2015 13:34:15 GMT -8
I saw that. Simultaneously humorous and slightly sad. I think if it's going to put up that much of a fight they're better off leaving her upright and doing a symmetrical dismantling. If they go asymmetrical, they'll end up with a San Mateo-type mess.
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Post by Low Light Mike on Jan 22, 2015 21:02:34 GMT -8
Here's a very well done timelapse video of Kalakala's final voyage
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Post by Neil on Jan 22, 2015 23:10:17 GMT -8
Wow. Strange to see a ship moving to its death like that. The fact that it's floating, with 'life' on the cardeck indicated by a light and at least one person... almost gives the feeling that she's still a viable ship.
Inevitable, but still, sad.
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Post by busdude on Jan 24, 2015 16:32:40 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Jan 27, 2015 10:36:42 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 3, 2015 7:34:40 GMT -8
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Post by EGfleet on Feb 3, 2015 15:51:20 GMT -8
This could go in two threads, but since we're saying goodbye to the Kalakala, a photo of her in her prime is always nice to see. The Princess Alice is in the foreground, the photo dates from sometime in the late 40's.
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Post by mrdot on Feb 3, 2015 16:18:10 GMT -8
Chivapcici, I read the links you have posted - how far is he and has he started painting her yet ? I would be interested to learn more about the re-fit / rebuild and turning her into a museum - do you have more links that there own web site - or do you know anything more not listed on the web site? Would be very interested to hear - as it might help on a project we are working on... What I find interesting is that the Hull is wood - yet the superstructure is metal. There was a lot of futuristic designs going around that time. You see it in cars and also TV Programs from that period.
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Post by mrdot on Feb 3, 2015 16:23:32 GMT -8
:)once again it is wonderful to view the evergreen fleet dayroom, and I especially ejoy visiting my youth and the old inner harbour of Victoria and the vessels of our past! :)many regards, mrdot.
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