摘要: |
TEN YEARS AGO, LEEVAC Shipyards acquired the assets of Quality Shipyards Inc. from Tidewater Marine; Cooper/Consolidated christened two new AmC-lyde cranes, the High Tide and Bob Crane, in New Orleans; and Caterpillar acquired Berg Propulsion. TWENTY YEARS AGO, Trop-ical Storm Bill demolished the bridge tender's shack and controls at the Almonaster Bridge in Louisiana; and Economy Boat Store's parent company bought the St. Louis and Memphis operations of John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Gretna, La. THIRTY YEARS AGO, record flooding closed locks on the Upper Mississippi River; the U.S. Engineers dredge Hurley left the Halter Marine Inc. shipyard for its Memphis, Tenn., homeport; and Transocean Terminal Operators Inc. dedicated a 300-ton mobile crane to the memory of the company's former safety director, Steven Downs, who died of cancer at 44. |