Rum Runners Drag Cargo Under River
WHEN SLED WITH LOAD OF LIQUOR ARRIVES IN POSITION UNDERNEATH WHARF, DIVER DESCENDS AND FASTENS HOISTING CABLE TO CARGO. THE CONTENTS ARE THEN HAULED THROUGH A TRAPDOOR OPENING IN FLOOR OF WAREHOUSE
HAND WINCH SECRETED IN SHED ON CANADIAN SIDE OF RIVER PAYS OUT CABLE. LOADED SLED IS DRAWN OVER BED OF RIVER BY HIDDEN WINCH LOCATED IN WAREHOUSE ON THE DETROIT SIDE OF RIVER AND RUM IS THUS TRANSFERRED UNSEEN.
Trapping the HARBOR Pirates
by ALFRED ALBELLI
The swaggering buccaneer of the Spanish Main, who defiantly floated the Jolly Roger from his masthead as he preyed upon the high seas, has passed forever. The modern pirate uses up to date methods and must be combated with the latest weapons.
IF YOU should sit of an evening in the eerie cabin of Captain Henry Malley’s ship, pride of the New York Police Department’s harbor flotilla, he would spin yarns of derring-do for you which would make your hair stand perpendicular. The subject would be harbor pirates.
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It really seem that big. Also, what’s with all the Eiffel towers?
Though this would be perfect for Relativistic Statistical Arbitrage
French Engineer Plans Huge Floating Mid-Ocean City
WHEN the continents of the world have become overcrowded and trans-oceanic airplane travel is as common as travel by steamers at present, we may see the establishment of huge mid-ocean cities such as is shown in the above drawing, which illustrates the plans recently made by Leon Feoquinos, a French engineer of Marseilles. Read the rest of this entry »
Sea-Going Pleasure Parks
Outdoor Sports on German Floating Amusement Palace
ONE of the most unique sea-going entertainment palaces in the world is the floating pleasure park being built by Louis Reinsch of Bad Reichenhall, Germany. As depicted on these pages and on the cover of this issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions, Mr. Reinsch’s boat combines features of barge and ocean liner. Read the rest of this entry »
DOCKING the Normandie With New York’s TUG FLEET
The Normandie, for all her great size and power, is one of the easiest of the big ships to handle, claims Anton Huseby, Norwegian captain of the Moran Fleet of New York Harbor tugboats, and the man responsible for docking this great liner. Last time he berthed her in 20 minutes —fast work on any vessel.
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Uncle Sam’s Pirate PATROL
Fights every sort of danger from rum runners to derelict ships menacing navigation.
Thrilling adventures in fighting modern sea pirates; blowing up icebergs and derelicts; rescuing passengers and crews from wrecked vessels; pack the lives of daring United States coast guardsmen who are constantly on duty at dangerous points.
By JAMES NEVIN MILLER
“STICK ‘em up!”
Eight men, members of a Coast Guard patrol boat crew, were forced to obey this terse order on an afternoon not so long ago. Their situation was desperate. Read the rest of this entry »
Will the Nautilus Freeze Under the North Pole?
by LEW HOLT
Within a few weeks Sir Hubert Wilkins and his crew of 18 will set forth to burrow under the North Pole in a submarine. Have they any chance of success, or is the expedition foolhardy—are the daring adventurers doomed to die, frozen beneath Polar ice? Read the opinions of experts.
THE most astonishing scientific expedition the world has ever known will get under way early this summer when the submarine Nautilus, under command of Sir Hubert Wilkins and Commander Sloan Danenhower, sets forth to burrow under the frozen Arctic seas which surround the North Pole Read the rest of this entry »
Is America the Naval Disarmament Goat
by JAY EARLE MILLER
When the big guns roar again for the next war, will America discover that her navy has been made a second-rate one by the terms of the disarmament treaty recently executed by the “Big Five” powers? Mr. Miller tells here just what the treaty means to national defense in terms of battleships, cruisers, and big guns.
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Nautilus May Meet Zeppelin at Pole
Details of the methods by which the Graf Zeppelin and the Nautilus, Sir Hubert Wilkins’ polar submarine, hope to complete at the North Pole the most amazing rendezvous in all history, are pictured in the above drawing. The map shows the route these craft will follow. The Nautilus, described in detail in last month’s issue of Modern Mechanics and Inventions, is now on its way to the North Pole.
Can There Be Safely at Sea?
SINCE the first bold man, voluntarily or involuntarily, trusted himself to a hollow log and floated out on the tide, there have been disasters at sea. In the old days, there was little that could be done, except to exercise what skill and precaution was possible with rude sailing craft, and to offer special prayers for those in danger on the deep. Read the rest of this entry »
Take Long Swimming Cruise in New “Body Sailing Yacht”
WANT to take a nice long swim without exerting any muscle power? Then hook yourself up to this new “Body Sailing Yacht” which has just been introduced in Germany. A special bucket board that straps around your body holds the mast upright, your carcass acting as the hull of this unique windjammer.
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Side Car Serves as Boat
A MOTORCYCLE side car which doubles as a canoe on trips to the beach or river bank has recently made its appearance in Germany. The car is fitted with small metal pontoons which keep it upright in the water. Future models will be fitted with rudders, completing the transformation from side car to a navigable boat.
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