Thomas Conte

Month: November 2015

  • Science Museum of Virginia

    Science Museum of Virginia

    The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too. – Paul Allen

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  • Aboard the W. G. Mather

    Aboard the W. G. Mather

    Sailing into History

    “You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her deck…I have no time for such nonsense.”
    ~ Napoleon

    At the mention of steam power, we often envision roaring freight trains winding through the countryside. In the early twentieth-century, the power of steam was also moving massive freighters across the Great Lakes. (more…)