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Dockside Classic Archive
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![(Updated 10/12/2025) Cities need lungs. New York and London have their parks. The great cities of Northern England have the moors and dales of Yorkshire and Northumberland. But […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PS-Waverley-scaled.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: 1947 Paddle Steamer Waverley – The Last Seagoing Paddle Steamer In The World")
Dockside Classic: 1947 Paddle Steamer Waverley – The Last Seagoing Paddle Steamer In The World
Posted on October 12, 2025 | 30 Comments(Updated 10/12/2025) Cities need lungs. New York and London have their parks. The great cities of Northern England have the moors and dales of Yorkshire and Northumberland. But […] -
Canoe Classic: 1963 Huron 17′ Wood Canoe
Posted on April 9, 2025 | 47 Comments(first posted 1/5/2017) This is a 1963 Huron canoe. It’s probably not too interesting to most CC readers, but what it has sat atop of may well be.. -
![(first posted 11/13/2018) I’ve been perusing another trove of vintage snapshots, and these two, presumably shot on the same day, rather grabbed me. It took me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/vintage-queen-mary-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Vintage Snapshots: Two Dockside Classics With Mopar Photobombers")
Vintage Snapshots: Two Dockside Classics With Mopar Photobombers
Posted on November 13, 2024 | 46 Comments(first posted 11/13/2018) I’ve been perusing another trove of vintage snapshots, and these two, presumably shot on the same day, rather grabbed me. It took me […] -
![It’s no secret that I am a fan of all things transportation. Of course this is one of the ties that bind me to this site, and it’s something that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_0524.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 1)")
Bikes, Boats and Automobiles: Cycling the Erie Canal 2024 (Part 1)
Posted on July 26, 2024 | 39 CommentsIt’s no secret that I am a fan of all things transportation. Of course this is one of the ties that bind me to this site, and it’s something that […] -
![(first posted 4/3/2017) The MS Gripsholm, a passenger liner built in 1924 for the Swedish American Line, was the first diesel powered transatlantic liner, a very significant first. Modest in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/gripny.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: MS Gripsholm – The First Diesel-Powered Transatlantic Liner")
Dockside Classic: MS Gripsholm – The First Diesel-Powered Transatlantic Liner
Posted on April 3, 2023 | 40 Comments(first posted 4/3/2017) The MS Gripsholm, a passenger liner built in 1924 for the Swedish American Line, was the first diesel powered transatlantic liner, a very significant first. Modest in […] -
![So what do you do when docents come to you and say Pri-Fly is closed because of broken glass. Well I say I will go take a look at those […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/rsz_prifly_glass_003.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: Making a window frame")
Dockside Classic: Making a window frame
Posted on May 15, 2022 | 11 CommentsSo what do you do when docents come to you and say Pri-Fly is closed because of broken glass. Well I say I will go take a look at those […] -
![(first posted 2/25/2016) Before the Great War, Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England was at its peak as one of the great industrial cities of the world, central to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/006-Mauretania-002a_b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic – 1906 Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania – Ambition And Innovation Combine In The First Modern Ocean Liner")
Dockside Classic – 1906 Cunard Liner RMS Mauretania – Ambition And Innovation Combine In The First Modern Ocean Liner
Posted on February 25, 2022 | 84 Comments(first posted 2/25/2016) Before the Great War, Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England was at its peak as one of the great industrial cities of the world, central to […] -
![(first posted 1/8/2012) In the very early twentieth century a submarine was a surface craft that could be submerged. If it had to transit oceans to join a fray […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/uss-holland.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: Submarines – Quadrupling Speed In A Decade")
Dockside Classic: Submarines – Quadrupling Speed In A Decade
Posted on September 13, 2021 | 32 Comments(first posted 1/8/2012) In the very early twentieth century a submarine was a surface craft that could be submerged. If it had to transit oceans to join a fray […] -
![With thousands of miles of shoreline plus hundreds of natural and man-made inland lakes and rivers and canals, boating is a big deal in Michigan. Although I do enjoy a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/21.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dock and Curbside Classics: Four Amphicars in One Place!")
Dock and Curbside Classics: Four Amphicars in One Place!
Posted on July 15, 2021 | 18 CommentsWith thousands of miles of shoreline plus hundreds of natural and man-made inland lakes and rivers and canals, boating is a big deal in Michigan. Although I do enjoy a […] -
![(first posted 6/3/2015) Britain has a strong and long maritime heritage – the worldwide recognition of the name Royal Navy, without a country in the title, tells you that. Our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/3queens.1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: 175 Years of Cunard In Liverpool")
Dockside Classic: 175 Years of Cunard In Liverpool
Posted on June 3, 2021 | 37 Comments(first posted 6/3/2015) Britain has a strong and long maritime heritage – the worldwide recognition of the name Royal Navy, without a country in the title, tells you that. Our […] -
![Mrs. Carlsberg66 and I had a chance to steal away to northern Michigan for a few days this month. One of the stops was arguably Michigan’s crown jewel, Mackinac Island, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/LC1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: 1953 Navy Surplus Landing Craft – Still A Working Ferry For the State of Michigan")
Dockside Classic: 1953 Navy Surplus Landing Craft – Still A Working Ferry For the State of Michigan
Posted on September 27, 2020 | 12 CommentsMrs. Carlsberg66 and I had a chance to steal away to northern Michigan for a few days this month. One of the stops was arguably Michigan’s crown jewel, Mackinac Island, […] -
![Rust? In Oregon? The land of the healing rains? Well, actually we do have a rust belt, but it’s very narrow; more like a Rust Ribbon. It hugs the Pacific […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CC-422-064.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity – A Celebration (and Diagnosis) of Rust")
Curbside Classic: 1989 Chevrolet Celebrity – A Celebration (and Diagnosis) of Rust
Posted on August 8, 2020 | 22 CommentsRust? In Oregon? The land of the healing rains? Well, actually we do have a rust belt, but it’s very narrow; more like a Rust Ribbon. It hugs the Pacific […] -
![(First Posted October 28, 2013) The CJ-5 was a very small truck that cast a big shadow. Produced from 1954 to 1983, the CJ-5 lasted through ownership by two independents […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1-CJ2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: Kaiser Jeep CJ-5 – Transcendent Independent")
Curbside Classic: Kaiser Jeep CJ-5 – Transcendent Independent
Posted on October 27, 2019 | 17 Comments(First Posted October 28, 2013) The CJ-5 was a very small truck that cast a big shadow. Produced from 1954 to 1983, the CJ-5 lasted through ownership by two independents […] -
![Last week, we took a close look at a Lake Powell houseboat, and ended with the promise of another Dockside Classic for today. To fulfill that promise, we’re going to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Pre-launch.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: 1993 Centurion Falcon XP")
Dockside Classic: 1993 Centurion Falcon XP
Posted on October 4, 2019 | 8 CommentsLast week, we took a close look at a Lake Powell houseboat, and ended with the promise of another Dockside Classic for today. To fulfill that promise, we’re going to […] -
![Today, I’m going to skip the tech articles and share some shots of a houseboat I’m very familiar with. In the past seven years, I’ve taken five trips on her, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/In-the-element.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Dockside Classic: 1998 53′ Lakeview Houseboat – “Dances With Fire”")
Dockside Classic: 1998 53′ Lakeview Houseboat – “Dances With Fire”
Posted on September 27, 2019 | 12 CommentsToday, I’m going to skip the tech articles and share some shots of a houseboat I’m very familiar with. In the past seven years, I’ve taken five trips on her, […]
