Digest>Jul/Aug 2018
Photo Caption:
This rare photo of inside the winch house in 1920 shows the type of hoist engine equipment that was used. According to other keepers, operating the derrick was more like an art than a skill, and many a passenger went for an unintentional dip in the process, and maybe some intentional ones, too. (Courtesy Brian Bay) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2018
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Terrible Tilly’s Old Man and the Sea: Robert Gerlof
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