Tail Spin1
Jun 22, 2009, 06:53 PM
I thought some of the boat builders here might find this video interesting.
It's a video of a old side wheeler river boat call the President that is being disassembled and moved to my home town. The video is just a preview, the full length episode is suppose to air on television this week in Europe, on a show called Monster Moves. It will air in the states on the Discovery Channel later this fall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSVBIAMSwI
The man who bought the boat (Dave Campbell) was planning on reassembling it in a local man made lake and turning it into a hotel and banquet hall along with some shops and other attractions. The boat project has now turned into a huge controversy and has split my small town in two. The lake where the boat was to be reassembled was on city property but the city board gave him permission to place it there. We have since elected a new mayor and new board members and this new city board is denying him permission to go forward with the project. A lot of the local towns people are convinced that it could never be put back together, they look at the collection of parts piled next to the lake and see nothing but a pile of rusted metal, it's even been given the nick name "the city junk yard". I'm really worried that the lack of vision and and the unwillingness of the city board and the towns people to at least give the project a chance is going to seal the fate of this old river boat :mad: .
If anyone across the pond happens to see the episode of Mega Moves let me know what you thought of it. I am friends with some people who have invested in the project and were all eager for feedback.
Zach
It's a video of a old side wheeler river boat call the President that is being disassembled and moved to my home town. The video is just a preview, the full length episode is suppose to air on television this week in Europe, on a show called Monster Moves. It will air in the states on the Discovery Channel later this fall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TSVBIAMSwI
The man who bought the boat (Dave Campbell) was planning on reassembling it in a local man made lake and turning it into a hotel and banquet hall along with some shops and other attractions. The boat project has now turned into a huge controversy and has split my small town in two. The lake where the boat was to be reassembled was on city property but the city board gave him permission to place it there. We have since elected a new mayor and new board members and this new city board is denying him permission to go forward with the project. A lot of the local towns people are convinced that it could never be put back together, they look at the collection of parts piled next to the lake and see nothing but a pile of rusted metal, it's even been given the nick name "the city junk yard". I'm really worried that the lack of vision and and the unwillingness of the city board and the towns people to at least give the project a chance is going to seal the fate of this old river boat :mad: .
If anyone across the pond happens to see the episode of Mega Moves let me know what you thought of it. I am friends with some people who have invested in the project and were all eager for feedback.
Zach