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Above is a diagram of the Plimsoll Mark of a ship.

“It came about when too many ships were overloaded and heavily insured to increased profits for the shipping company. They foundered and their crews never came home. Mr. Plimsoll (1824-1898), a British lawmaker and champion for seafarers, persuaded the British government to adopt a law in 1876, that all ship should have a load line clearly and permanently visible on all ships. The load line is visible along the ships side, usually welded in, mid-ship on the horizontal axis. It indicates the maximum draught that a ship can have depending on the region and time of year. TF stands for Tropic Fresh Water, F for Fresh Water, T for Tropic, S for summer, W for winter, and WNA for Winter North Atlantic.”

Photo: Spending an afternoon in Scheveningen: Plimsoll line on the Nova Florida
text: dieselduck

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http://niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/the-haunted-household/

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How they made zeppelins. Ladders were key.

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