Catherine Dellin is president of the Camp 5 Museum Foundation in Laona, Wis. The foundation operates the Laona & Northern Railroad, the Lumberjack Steam Train, which runs to the Wisconsin Forestry Museum and attractions on the site of an old logging camp and lumber company farm.
Fisker bankruptcy bidding heats up quickly (Update) January 8, 2014. Hybrid Technology, led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li, has offered $55 million in an auction of Fisker Automotive's assets, just days after a bankruptcy judge in Delaware rejected Hybrid's plan to take over the failed ...
Bessemer spent more than Â£40,000 on bringing his concept to fruition. Unfortunately, the Bessemer Saloon Ship proved so unstable that it was impossible to steer. On its maiden voyage on May 8, 1875, the ship sailed from Dover, crossed a relatively calm Channel, and, in broad daylight, smashed into the pier at Calais, France.