[pianotech] Appointment on Ford Island. OT

[Paul Williams]

I got to see it "towed" (sadly not under its own steam)  right by the family cabin on Puget Sound years ago. My great-grandfather and friends from UW bought the land for a song in 1906. If any of you get to the UW campus,  his bestest buddies friends were: Parrington, Padelford, Hall, Savery, and his name, Harlan Thomas, who sadly got no name on a building, but was a member of the "rat pack" and dean of Architecture for 30 years.  I have some stories, my friends if you want.Remember Pike Place Market, you  guys? The Montlake Bridge? The Sorrento Hotel?, Harborview hospital? The Univ of WA hospital (the old wing)?   Yup. Harlan Thomas as well.  Does it make sense that we named our only son Harlan Thomas Williams?  Now 16, 6' tall and full of himself!!


Here's a pic or two of what I gave them;[cid:BB0FF3D8-81D0-4A9C-8C75-738CFF401031]
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From: <Coleman>, Jim <jcolem21 at utk.edu<mailto:jcolem21 at utk.edu>>
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Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Appointment on Ford Island. OT

Ditto to all of that...well except for uncle Frank.
I have wondered where the Mighty Mo went after it left Bremerton, WA.


Jim Coleman, Jr  RPT

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Subject: Re: [pianotech] Appointment on Ford Island. OT

Nice, Wim!  Ive both seen the Arizona there in the harbor, and also Mighty Mo when still "parked" in Washington state.  Cool machine that could launch a bomb that weighed about the same as VW bug 26 miles and hit the target 60 years ago!  I got to walk on the MO.  My uncle Frank was on the sister-ship Arizona in the engine room.


It still gives me goosebumbs to see the top stacks of the Arizona and what happened that day..

Paul


From: "tnrwim at aol.com<mailto:tnrwim at aol.com>" <tnrwim at aol.com<mailto:tnrwim at aol.com>>
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Date: Friday, August 10, 2012 3:03 AM
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Subject: [pianotech] Appointment on Ford Island. OT


I had an appointment on Ford Island this afternoon. For those of who might not remember, it was along the shores of Ford Island where the Battleships were moored during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

When I got done with my appointment, I was only a few hundred feet from the water front, so I drove down to the Arizona Memorial.  Picture is from about 25 yards away. When I got back to my car, I had a great view of the Mighty Mo, the Missouri, which is docked only a few hundred yards from the Arizona.

One of the few perks of living in Hawaii. History just a few feet away.

Wim



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