I was invited by some colleagues in the County's Signal Hill office to come down to Long Beach for a ride on a tour boat that takes one around the harbor, mostly seeing the merchant ships, cranes and other elements that make up this industry. As our boat left the dock we were treated to this sight: the old Queen Mary, permanently docked and still operating as a hotel and giving tours. Maybe another day I will return for a walk on their decks again.
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These massive cranes load and unload cargo from equally massive ships that either go out or come in from ports from all around the world. As you can see behind these cranes there are those enormous shipping containers that go on or come from the ships. I have no idea if these were just delivered or are about to be put on a ship for delivery.
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There is something striking about these cranes that are truly impressive. Watch an old movie from the 1950s, like "On the Waterfront," and you see how shipping has changed in the last sixty-plus years. Operating one of these things must take a lot of intense training.
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I found these photos recently. They were in storage, scanned to CD, but I had never gotten around to posting them on-line... until now. This was a trip I made with a friend to the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose in Long Beach, California, almost thirty-one years ago.
This, and the other photographs (and those that will soon follow) were shot on Eastman Kodak Motion Picture Stock 5293, rated at ASA 250, tungsten balanced. These interiors were shot without a No. 85 filter. I used my Vivitar 400 S/L camera, probably using the 28mm lens.
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The dome had a series of theatrical lighting, which would change the colors, position and levels of the lights hitting the Spruce Goose. I stayed in the same position with my Vivitar 400 S/L camera and 28mm lens, using Eastman Kodak 5293 Motion Picture Stock, rated at ASA 250.
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