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Whas up, Troy. We in you
Whas up, Troy. We in you
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Interview with Sean, Jess, Ayla, and Mia who talked about living in small town Upstate New York
Interview with Sean, Jess, Ayla, and Mia who talked about…
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Welcome our new shipmate Jeremiah who has been on all five Secret History expeditions since 2014
Welcome our new shipmate Jeremiah who has been on all…
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V, Shonica, and Carlos brought us breakfast. In exchange, we got them addicted to good espresso
V, Shonica, and Carlos brought us breakfast. In exchange, we…
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âWe came upon a rickety house raft… putting upstream powered by an old outboard and piloted by a wrinkled, sun-tanned old man
âWe came upon a rickety house raft... putting upstream powered…
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All of Billâs friend join him on the tug to view the fireworks
All of Billâs friend join him on the tug to…
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Exhibition in Waterford: more people than you can shake a stick at. Including my old Jr High school friend, Corey
Exhibition in Waterford: more people than you can shake a…
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Exhibition in Waterford: 99 people in the log, but probably three times as many through the boat today
Exhibition in Waterford: 99 people in the log, but probably…
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An hour hanging out on the back deck of the shantyboat with folklorist George Ward Who told us stories and sang us canal songs
An hour hanging out on the back deck of the…
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The Erie Canal starts (or ends, depending on your point of view) in Waterford New York. So big, imposing, and well-dressed, it looks like a set piece
The Erie Canal starts (or ends, depending on your point…
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Benzy as First Mate has been keeping the shipâs log. I love this. It is charming and she writes in the third person
Benzy as First Mate has been keeping the shipâs log.…
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Steamboat Meet at Waterford NY. Tiny tiny little steam powered beasties
Steamboat Meet at Waterford NY. Tiny tiny little steam powered…
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In north Troy, old money houses like these, clearly having seen better times, were next door to double wides
In north Troy, old money houses like these, clearly having…
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Headed across the river from Waterford to Troy
Headed across the river from Waterford to Troy
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After 18 years, I finally get to meet John Young and his awesome family
After 18 years, I finally get to meet John Young…
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The shantyboat art gallery and Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom. Art by Sascha, Gina, Butch, Maxine, Lanette, and Jessika
The shantyboat art gallery and Jeremiah Daniels Executive Washroom. Art…
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Best date night ever. Fireworks exploding all around us, playing cards, listening to marching band music to mask the fireworks for @gooddoghazel
Best date night ever. Fireworks exploding all around us, playing…
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Dramatic photo op in Waterford NY
Dramatic photo op in Waterford NY
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Shipmate John Young successfully completes his first certified under-over. Now he can be a roadie
Shipmate John Young successfully completes his first certified under-over. Now…
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Shantyboat still life by shipmate Kate Young
Shantyboat still life by shipmate Kate Young
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Proud captain of the Shantyboat Dotty @originalsportkilt
Proud captain of the Shantyboat Dotty @originalsportkilt
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Nearly played bingo. Apparently you have to show up on time because all the cards are sold within a few minutes
Nearly played bingo. Apparently you have to show up on…
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What happened down here? Half a block from the waterfront, what I had to have been the center of commerce or industry, now empty lots and ugly blocks of what look like low income housing
What happened down here? Have a block from the waterfront,…
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Thompsonâs camp. People apparently still sit on porches here, though I donât see many of them on this very hot afternoon
Thompsonâs camp. People apparently still sit on porches here, though…
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While there is lots of old abandoned stuff around, some of the new abandoned stuff is intriguing
While there is lots of old abandoned stuff around, some…
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A river runs through it. Anthony Kill winds through Mechanicville
A river runs through it. Anthony Kill winds through Mechanicville
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We sadly say fare-thee-well to our shipmates Ariel and Sascha
We sadly say fare-thee-well to our shipmates Ariel and Sascha
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Little beach campfire along the shore of the Hudson River
Little beach campfire along the shore of the Hudson River
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Shantyboat beached on the Hudson River
Shantyboat beached on the Hudson River
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Thinking more about environmental toxins
âFor over 45 years, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater has been…
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Glens Falls famous
Glens Falls famous
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Back alleys of Schuylerville NY. We stopped for 1) ice cream, 2) a sandwich, 3) a few groceries, 4) a quick shower, 5) a load of wash
Back alleys of Schuylerville NY. We stopped for 1) ice…
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What exactly are we passing through?
What exactly are we passing through?
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Please welcome our new shipmates Sascha and Ariel who joined us just before we left Ft Edward
Please welcome our new shipmates Sascha and Ariel who joined…
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We found an old bridge across a little creek in an inlet on the Hudson. Benzy asks: âBut is it authentic?
We found an old bridge across a little creek in…
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@gooddoghazel being cute in a patch of sun
@gooddoghazel being cute in a patch of sun
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This is where 1.3 million pounds of PCBs were discharged into the Hudson River
Benzy says: âThis is where approximately 1.3 million pounds of…
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Secret History shantyboat in Fort Edwardâs Yacht Basin
Secret History shantyboat in Fort Edwardâs Yacht Basin
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An over-coffee todo plan
An over-coffee todo plan
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Hard rain on the Hudson River. Time to make tea
Hard rain on the Hudson River. Time to make tea
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Arrived in Fort Edward Yacht Basin where the seawall dwarfs us a bit
Arrived in Fort Edward Yacht Basin where the seawall dwarfs…
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Results of a 1am emergency loft skeeter netting encapsulation project. Despite the rain, apparently we had posted up in Mosquito Central near Lock 8
Results of a 1am emergency loft skeeter netting encapsulation project.…
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Posted up right under the surprisingly fancy signal at Lock 8 for the night
Posted up right under the surprisingly fancy signal at Lock…
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Interview with Brian Abrams, Chief Lock Operator at Lock 9 on the Champlain Canal, who talked about his 21 years on the NY Canal System
Interview with Brian Abrams, Chief Lock Operator at Lock 9…
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Shantyboat moored at Lock 9 on the Champlain Canel
Shantyboat moored at Lock 9 on the Champlain Canel
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Traffic stopped on bridge over the canal to watch us go by
Traffic stopped on bridge over the canal to watch us…
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We are under way. Down the Champlain Canal after ascending in Lock 12
We are under way. Down the Champlain Canal after ascending…
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New deck cleat plates and the tools required to install them
New deck cleat plates and the tools required to install…
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Because we have so many cool old stone buildings we can use them for coal storage
Because we have so many cool old stone buildings we…
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Looking up the coal elevator near the marina
Looking up the coal elevator near the marina
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Hazel hero shot. Contemplating her soon-to-be nautical life
Hazel hero shot. Contemplating her soon-to-be nautical life
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First cup of coffee sitting on the deck in sunshine at Whitehall Marina above the Champlain Canal
First cup of coffee sitting on the deck in sunshine…
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We arrived in Whitehall NY at Lock 11 after 3038 miles and only a few near catastrophes
We arrived in Whitehall NY at Lock 11 after 3038…
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New Yawk finally
New Yawk finally
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Stumbled across this bit of âMerica
Stumbled across this bit of âMerica
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Fuck Indiana roads
Fuck Indiana roads. Are they trying to rival Californiaâs notoriously…
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Flooding in West Central Illinois on the Illinois River
Flooding in West Central Illinois on the Illinois River
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Hauling butt through Iowa. More than halfway
Hauling butt through Iowa. More than halfway
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Ceremonial witchcraft to salute the deer people who have died here
Ceremonial witchcraft to salute the deer people who have died…
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Keeping the driver awake with lurid and prurient tales
Keeping the driver awake with lurid and prurient tales: âShe…
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Shantyboat life at the Continental Divide. Stop and make coffee for the new driver. A beer for the one going off shift
Shantyboat life at the Continental Divide. Stop and make coffee…
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The landscape of Wyoming is so powerful and evocative
The landscape of Wyoming is so powerful and evocative, it…
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Top of Skeeter Mountain, Utah
Top of Skeeter Mountain, Utah
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The world. It is so beautiful. We must howl
The world. It is so beautiful. We must howl
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Shantyboat at the Thunder Mountain Indian Monument along I80 in Nevada. A monument to native suffering at the hands of white folk
Shantyboat at the Thunder Mountain Indian Monument along I80 in…
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Shantyboat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Shantyboat in the Sierra Nevada Mountains
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We outta here. Underslept Benzy gives a wan wave
We outta here. Underslept Benzy gives a wan wave
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Images printed on silk for Secret History NYC show
Images printed on silk for Secret History NYC show
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Secret History photos printed on silk organza for NYC show at @whiteboxny
Secret History photos printed on silk organza for NYC show…
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Treating the edges of several hundred feet of Secret History photos for our NYC exhibition at @whiteboxny
Treating the edges of several hundred feet of Secret History…
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Now from Redwood House Labs comes the Trailer Testerâ˘! For the first time, you can test your trailer lights and brakes solo even without your vehicle
Now from Redwood House Labs comes the Trailer Testerâ˘! For…
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The Goodmans, Brett and Andi in the Felton Remembers Parade
The Goodmans, Brett and Andi in the Felton Remembers Parade
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Evidence of at least five different shantyboat projects on the Redwood House lab workbench
Evidence of at least five different shantyboat projects on the…
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Benzy and I host an impromptu all-night solder party to work on various projects including an intra-boat telephone system for the shantyboat
Benzy and I host an impromptu all-night solder party to…
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Extracting Miah from the notorious aft port hold
Extracting Miah from the notorious aft port hold
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Workday impromptu twist party
Workday impromptu twist party
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So many things still to do before we can leave in a week. Oh god
So many things still to do before we can leave…
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Incremental improvements on the shantyboat. New urinal pipe and blocks to support the gangplank
Incremental improvements on the shantyboat. New urinal pipe and blocks…
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I broke my vow not to do any more plumbing sweats for the shantyboat plumbing. Not great, but not bad
I broke my vow not to do any more plumbing…
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Shantyboat Dotty control panel finally finished
Shantyboat Dotty control panel finally finished
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Art for the shantyboat gallery from Jessika and Jimmy Gallop https://jessikagallopart.weebly.com
Art for the shantyboat gallery from Jessika and Jimmy Gallop…
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Morning on the shantyboat at the Tannery Art Center
Morning on the shantyboat at the Tannery Art Center
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Secret History shantyboat at Ebb and Flow
Secret History shantyboat at Ebb and Flow
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Maximum capacity 425 adults
Maximum capacity 425 adults
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Shantyboat looking shipshape for exhibition on Cooper Street
Shantyboat looking shipshape for exhibition on Cooper Street
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Previous shipmates will know the terror of towing the shantyboat, this 7000 pound swaying trailer barreling down the road
Previous shipmates will know the terror of towing the shantyboat,…
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The shantyboat library of ToDo Lists Past
The shantyboat library of ToDo Lists Past
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New additions to the Jeremiah Alexander Daniels Executive Washroom Gallery aboard the Shantyboat Dotty. Thanks to supporters who sent new art
New additions to the Jeremiah Alexander Daniels Executive Washroom Gallery…
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Join us at Ebb and Flow in Santa Cruz tonight and tomorrow. Santa Cruz MAH Friday, Tannery At Center Saturday
Join us at Ebb and Flow in Santa Cruz tonight…
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Whew. New shantyboat electrical control panel
Whew. New shantyboat electrical control panel
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Shantyboat wiring. Oh god
Shantyboat wiring. Oh god
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Amateur machinist work on the shantyboat control panel
Amateur machinist work on the shantyboat control panel
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Re-wiring the shantyboat control panel
Re-wiring the shantyboat control panel
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Modifying the new boat stairs for Secret History exhibitions. An angle grinder will improve anyoneâs day
Modifying the new boat stairs for Secret History exhibitions. An…
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Visitors on the boat after the parade
Visitors on the boat after the parade
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Forgot something? Felton remembers
Forgot something? Felton remembers
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Proving that the project is not above child labor, we have helpers preparing the boat for the next two weekends of exhibitions Photo by @hickeyblvd
Proving that the project is not above child labor, we…
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On Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, The shantyboat & Secret History project will participate in at @tanneryartscenter. Find us on Cooper Street on Fri and Tannery Sat
On Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, The shantyboat…
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Rediscovering our secret cache of Dr Thunderâs Peachy Fire Whiskey during a shantyboat workday. #shantyboat #secrethistory #firewhiskey
Rediscovering our secret cache of Dr Thunderâs Peachy Fire Whiskey…
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