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Fairbanks Morse Type “N” Gasoline Engine c. 1900s

January 25, 2012dieseö, engines, Fairbanks-Morse, foghorn, gasoline, lighthouse, litehouse, motors, Type NAdult Memories, Automation, Equipment, Foghorns, History, Information, Lighthouses, Old Website, On The JobretlkprLeave a Comment

– With thanks to Harry F. Mathews and his Harry’s Old Engine website for permission to reprint this old information on how to fire-up the old Fairbanks Morse gasoline engines of the 1900s. The following text is borrowed with permission from Harry’s Old Engine website. I never had the chance to work with these monstrous engines and […]

Life on Kains Island 1933 – 1944

December 20, 2011| Carver, boats, engines, fishing, Kains, lighthouse, litehouse, operator, Quatsino, radio, repairsAdult Memories, Childhood Memories, Children, Coast Guard, Communication, Equipment, Fishing, Foghorns, Government, Groceries & Mail, History, Incidents, Keepers, Light, Lighthouses, Medical, Old Website, On The Job, Operators, Pensions, Radio, School, Weather, WomenretlkprLeave a Comment

– Roy Carver (son of C. E. Carver on Kains Island November 1933 – July 1944) Roy Carver told me he “was born at the Bancroft Nursing Home at 705 Cook Street in Victoria, BC in mid 1930s. This nursing home was set up for expectant mothers that lived in out of the way places with […]