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<blockquote data-quote="SidecarFlip" data-source="post: 852817" data-attributes="member: 39764"><p>To refine it a bit, when the Lakes boats (ore boats that haul taconite iron ore from Minnesota and coal from Sandusky, Ohio down to Cleveland) traverse the Cuyahoga River, without a bow thruster they have to rely on tug boats to get them around the curves and to dock.</p><p> </p><p>With a bow thruster the Captain can steer the boat without Tugs so it makes them more agile. Laks boats are all flat bottom hulls because the depth of the lower laes isn't that great so a thruster works even better with no keel to impede the sideways motion.</p><p> </p><p>I was born in Florida but raised in Cleveland, my dad worked for the now defunct Republic Steel (presently Mittal). I thought I was destined to work at the mill (like most kids whose parent(s) worked there. Never happened and in a way I'm glad it didn't. The mills were a dangerous place plus it was dirty work, but someone has to make steel so we can all consume it.</p><p> </p><p>My dad was killed at the mill in an industrial accident before the advent of OSHA.</p><p> </p><p>Its interesting in a way that foreign entities have quietly bought up the core industries in this country. The only domestically owned milsl left in this country are owned by Carpenter Technologies and they are specialty mills that produce specialty steels like stainless. Every other mill is owned by offshore entities like Servistal and Mittal. Republic Steel still operates a tube mill called Electrunite. They cold draw seamless hydraulic tubing but they get their materials from Mittal.</p><p> </p><p>Lots of American workers lost their jobs and had to go back to the same jobs at a lesser wage and lesser benefits or it was no job at all. Growing up in a blue collar enviroment is an interesting childhood.</p><p> </p><p>I could tell you stories about growing up and taking tours with my dad at places that used Republic Steel (my dad was a research chemist). I remember going to Cadiz, Ohio and touring the Silver Spade mining shovel. 10 stories high on huge crawler tracks and you could park 2 pans side by side in the bucket. Amazing industrial stuff. My dad was one of the chemists who worked on the high strength alloys that they used to fabricate the bucket from....</p><p> </p><p>Neither here nor there but gives some insight as to my younger life and what I did.</p><p> </p><p>It was fun most times. I don't want to do it again, one time is enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SidecarFlip, post: 852817, member: 39764"] To refine it a bit, when the Lakes boats (ore boats that haul taconite iron ore from Minnesota and coal from Sandusky, Ohio down to Cleveland) traverse the Cuyahoga River, without a bow thruster they have to rely on tug boats to get them around the curves and to dock. With a bow thruster the Captain can steer the boat without Tugs so it makes them more agile. Laks boats are all flat bottom hulls because the depth of the lower laes isn't that great so a thruster works even better with no keel to impede the sideways motion. I was born in Florida but raised in Cleveland, my dad worked for the now defunct Republic Steel (presently Mittal). I thought I was destined to work at the mill (like most kids whose parent(s) worked there. Never happened and in a way I'm glad it didn't. The mills were a dangerous place plus it was dirty work, but someone has to make steel so we can all consume it. My dad was killed at the mill in an industrial accident before the advent of OSHA. Its interesting in a way that foreign entities have quietly bought up the core industries in this country. The only domestically owned milsl left in this country are owned by Carpenter Technologies and they are specialty mills that produce specialty steels like stainless. Every other mill is owned by offshore entities like Servistal and Mittal. Republic Steel still operates a tube mill called Electrunite. They cold draw seamless hydraulic tubing but they get their materials from Mittal. Lots of American workers lost their jobs and had to go back to the same jobs at a lesser wage and lesser benefits or it was no job at all. Growing up in a blue collar enviroment is an interesting childhood. I could tell you stories about growing up and taking tours with my dad at places that used Republic Steel (my dad was a research chemist). I remember going to Cadiz, Ohio and touring the Silver Spade mining shovel. 10 stories high on huge crawler tracks and you could park 2 pans side by side in the bucket. Amazing industrial stuff. My dad was one of the chemists who worked on the high strength alloys that they used to fabricate the bucket from.... Neither here nor there but gives some insight as to my younger life and what I did. It was fun most times. I don't want to do it again, one time is enough. [/QUOTE]
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