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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/6/2014 11:53 AM, via
Personal_Submersibles wrote:<br>
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<div><font size="3">David, </font></div>
<div><font size="3">I think it must be, but I can't be
absolutely sure. It's hard to imagine that anyone made
another one like Doug's version. It really ought to be in a
museum or inside a seafood restaurant looking as it did when
Doug built it.</font></div>
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When Doug was trying to get rid of it, he let me call some museums.
I'm in Virginia, so I started here. I have the Marine Resources
Commission, the Science Museum of Virginia, and the Mariners'
Museum. The Science Museum has <i>Aluminaut</i>, and in that
display they have a photo Richard Reynolds and Simon Lake together
as they examine a model of <i>Aluminaut.</i> The museum in
Paterson NJ, holding John Holland's work, refused it, as did the
Carnagie Science Museum in Pittsburgh (which has the Guppy sub <i>Requin</i>
on display). All of them refused to pay for shipping the boat, even
when they were made aware that the boat itself would cost nothing. <br>
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Museum officials never like to spend money. It was obvious to me
that the "directors" with whom I spoke lack the authority to make
any significant decisions, but the worst part was that they lacked
the curiosity to ask questions.<br>
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