Back from Mexico!
I got a sunburn, but OTM Inc moved right along.
Calls from Illinois
While I was in Mexico, Dan was fielding a lot of calls from Lamar Construction in Illinois.
They’re coordinating main bearing work on three Fairbanks-Morse diesels that drive water pumps for a drainage system in the middle of corn fields, and of course [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘tugboat night’
April 12, 2009
2009 Week 15 in Review
June 22, 2008
2008 Week 25 in Review
An Update on the Duwamish
Progress on the Duwamish air compressor continues. I’ve determined that it is, in fact, a Worthington (despite the “expert” opinions we’ve been receiving). We located an identical air compressor a little south of here and hope to install it in place of the newer air-cooled model. This [...]
April 20, 2008
2008 Week 16 in Review
An Update on the Maris Pearl
I finally finished pipe fitting for the Maris Pearl’s oil cooler and flushed all the lines in preparation for sea trials! On Wednesday, Jay, Dan, and I cruised the boat around Puget Sound to test systems. Everything went just fine. There are still some small issues [...]
February 17, 2008
2008 Week Seven in Review
This has been a busy week for Old Tacoma Marine Inc. In addition to our usual winter maintenance load, the museum program schedule is picking up and we’re getting a lot of interest in old diesels following our increased web presence.
First, a variety of engine and vessel news:
Maris Pearl Updates
Jay, Charlie, and I started [...]
January 13, 2008
2008 Week Two in Review
Engineer for a Day Program for High Schoolers
Early this week, OTM Inc received a call requesting another Engineer for a Day session for Ballard High School. We put one on in February of last year, which was both successful and mentioned in a Seattle PI article here. John Foster, a teacher in the [...]
