We like to think of it as two football fields of education and entertainment. It is a great hook for us to get people appreciating and understanding more of the great lakes. We are on the pilot house deck. This is the National Museum of the great lakes. Largest artifact the. The schoonmaker was a commercial freighter from when it was built in 1911 to the 1980s. It became a museum when the city of toledo purchased it in 1987. Her main purpose was to deliver iron ore from Lake Superior down to lake erie to places like ohio where it was unloaded and put in Railroad Cars and taken to pittsburgh for a company to support its steelmaking business. At its time, it was the largest carrier. It would remain the largest carrier, meaning it could carry more bulk material than any other from 1911 to 1927. Which was a very long time when every year a new boat came out that was a little bit longer. Because this boat was built so could carry, it four cargo for almost 60 years than any other boat constr
Commercial freighter from when it was built in 1911 to the 1980s. It became a museum when the city of toledo purchased it in 1987. Her main purpose was to deliver iron ore from Lake Superior down to lake erie to places like ohio where it was unloaded and put in Railroad Cars and taken to pittsburgh for a company to support its business. At its time, it was the largest carrier. It could carry more bulk material than any other from 1911 to 1927. Which was a very long time when every year a new boat came out that was a little bit longer. Because this boat was built so wide, it could carry more cargo for 16 years than any other boat constructed between that time. We are now in the pilothouse. Often called the wheelhouse. It is where commands decisions were made to operate a commercial vessel. A captain, a first mate would be in here. As well as some other Junior Officers who would assist the captain with navigation, steering, communication with respect to how fast they wanted the boat to g
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] id like to reconvene the committee. Thank you for indulging us while we had to cast nine votes mr. Administrator, so thank you. Good to see you on the floor. I hope that it brought back good old memories. Okay. Well, we are going to resume the fiveth minutes of questioning by our members, and lets see. The gentleman from new york you are first for five minutes of questioning. Thank you. Thank the chair and Ranking Member for this important hearing today and to the administrator for thehe work you do to ensure the success of the worlds preeminent civil space agency and your leadership that you provide. In my district the Capital Region i am deeply proud of the Critical Research and development being done at worldclass academic institutions such as polytechnic institute. Particularly thinking about the rmd and the funding for the biological and physical Science Division within nasas Science Mission directorate. The Division Funding prov
Head out during the door. First, first alert traffic reporter Jessica Boyington. Starting on the schuylkill expressway, cameras at the vine showing our construction project. They just moved it kind of back a little bit. You cant see where the closure is up ahead, but its on the eastbound side here. Theyre diverting all traffic off on to the vine street expressway for right now. The westbound side is losing a lane, too. That will be there for another half hour or so until about 5 00. Watching the 42 freeway, no problems here. A fiveminute trip northbound from 55 to the walt whitman bridge moving to philadelphia. If you have to take mass transit, youre good to go for now. Septa, patco, amtrak, and new Jersey Transit all on or close to schedule. All right. Thanks. This latest blast of bitter cold weather is only making matters worse when it comes to water main breaks. The city of philadelphia says it cant keep up with the complaints. Nbc10s matt delucia is live in northeast philadelphia w
So far, yes. Yes. That is how it should be, everybody dancing out of school. I like when they dot hand thing. Yeah. The hand jive. Yes. By the way, why dont you take picture of your kid leaving the house on their last day of school and send them to us. This is a great one from mary wilson look at how big my babies are. First day of first grade and last day of first grade. I love it. On the first day, belt buckled, shirt tucked in, last day, just putting on the polo, ready to go. Yes. What is. Fox 29 good day so we can see it. Okay. All right. Dramas over from yesterday and all of those storms that arrived in the afternoon as predict. Eight out of 10 today. Lingering cloud this morning but buddy is excited about the last day of school, temperatures in the 70s, we have got cloud around a few and it is breezy. See very last of the cold front as little bit of rain moved through, Sussex County delaware that got whipped up yesterday with all of those high wind and tornado and rain at new jer