IA on the Web - Links to other web sites

Transportation: ports, canals, boats, automobiles & airplanes
Automobile in American Life (www.autolife.umd.umich.edu) is a new on-line archive developed by the University of Michigan-Dearborn and The Henry Ford, funded by the NEH and the DaimlerChrysler Corp. Fund. The site is copiously illustrated with archival photos and features scholarly essays and case studies on the automobile's relationship to labor, gender, race, design, and the environment. Also included are more than a dozen oral histories of major automobile designers. Supplemented by a variety of materials for teachers and students.
John J. Harvey Historic Fire Boat (http://www.fireboat.org) Learn about history and preservation efforts of the John J Harvey NYC fireboat. Site also includes photo grallery and events calendar.
Lake Champlain Breakwaters (www.nan.usace.army.mil/business/prjlinks/culture/index.htm). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NY Dist., page contains information on historic construction techniques gathered on the Plattsburgh (NY) breakwater and further underwater exploration of the Burlington (VT) breakwater.
Red Hook Containerport (www.waterfrontmatters.org). Examines activities at, and future use of, Brooklyn’s Red Hook piers 6-12 (tour site - 2002 Annual Conference).
Wright Flyer (www.wrightexperience.com). Web site describes a replica of the original Wright Flyer being built in VA, to be flown at Kitty Hawk in Dec. 2003 on the 100th anniversary

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