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If This Ship Could Talk
 


 

Television was a popular pastime for off-duty seamen aboard the S.S. Meteor in 1960.
Television was a popular pastime for off-duty seamen aboard the Meteor, 1960.
Meal time in crew's mess, 1960.
Meal time in crew's mess, 1960.
 
This is the Crews Mess.
This is the Crew's Mess.		 A Crew Cabin.
A Crew Cabin.

S.S. Meteor Navigational Equipment.

Navigational equipment on display in the pilot house spans the decades, from the original magnetic compass to the more modern radar and RDF used on the Meteor.


 


 


 


 

The S.S. Meteor Original 1200 Horsepower Triple-expansion Steam Engine.

McDougall's whaleback #136 has seen many changes from the time she was launched as the ore carrier Frank Rockefeller to her last working days as the oil tanker Meteor. Through it all, the ship's original 1200 horsepower triple-expansion steam engine has kept plugging along and it still starts. Today the 1896 engine can be turned over electrically for visitors to see and hear.


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