Machinery

This machine replaced about 15 to 20 men. It cleaned the fish and left the usable, edible parts. Because the men who did part of the manual process before were mainly Chinese, and because the sensitivities of the day were not the same as the present, it bore the highly offensive nickname of "The Iron Chink."

Prince Rupert

June 16th 2012
Rain. Rain. More rain. Prince Rupert lived up to its reputation as being the rainiest place on earth. And it is going to have to be in terms of number of days raining because the place that gets the most rain is in India and it is 23 meters or something ridiculous like that. But it apparently rains 300 or so days a year in Prince Rupert. And it was raining when I arrived on the ferry. And it was r ... read more

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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more

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