Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
June 2, 1917 A little less than two months after the United States entered World War I on the side of the Allied Powers, the high-speed yacht Marold was commissioned in Boston for service in the U.S. Navy. This vessel had been built by the Ohio-based Matthews Boat Company in 1914 for engineer and businessman... Continue Reading →
October 14, 1812 Construction began on Regent’s Canal in England. The original part of this project started in the area just north of central London. The canal was designed by noted architect John Nash (1752-1835) and owes its name to the then-Prince of Wales and future King George IV (1762-1830), who had assumed the role of... Continue Reading →
July 18, 1931 The Matson Navigation Company ocean liner SS Mariposa was launched at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts. (That facility served as part of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s shipbuilding division.) Mariposa was built for service on a Pacific Ocean route between San Francisco, California, and Sydney, Australia. This ship was the largest passenger... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 