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  2. Robert Fulton - Wikipedia

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    Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the world's first commercially successful steamboat, the North River Steamboat (also known as Clermont ). In 1807, that steamboat traveled on the Hudson River with passengers from New York City to Albany and back ...

  3. Anchor windlass - Wikipedia

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    A windlass is a machine used on ships that is used to let-out and heave-up equipment such as a ship's anchor or a fishing trawl. On some ships, it may be located in a specific room called the windlass room. An anchor windlass is a machine that restrains and manipulates the anchor chain on a boat, allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered by ...

  4. Winch - Wikipedia

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    The winch is made of cable made up of a braided synthetic rope, or a steel cable wrapped around a motorized drum. Each is controlled electronically, allowing the operator to control the winch speed. [5] Modern vehicles typically use electric winches running off the car's 12V starter or 24V secondary battery. The winch is either controlled with ...

  5. Puretic power block - Wikipedia

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    A Puretic power block can be seen at the top of the boom at the stern. The Puretic power block is a special kind of mechanised winch used to haul nets on fishing vessels. The power block is a large pulley of aluminium with a hard rubber-coated sheave. While many men were needed for the back-breaking work of hauling a purse seine manually, the ...

  6. Electric Launch Company - Wikipedia

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    Electric Launch Company. An Elco Electric Launch on Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks. The Electric Launch Company, later renamed Elco Motor Yachts (" Elco "), is an American boat building and electric motor company that has operated from 1893 to 1949 and from 1987 to the present. [1] [2]

  7. Crank (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    Crank (mechanism) Hand crank for a winch on a sailboat - commonly referred to as a winch handle. A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which circular motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. When combined with a connecting rod, it can be used to convert circular motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa.

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