“Probably everyone’s seen the SS United States from the highway, docked down across from IKEA,” said Craig Bruns, chief curator at the [Independence Seaport] museum. “It’s a big, big beautiful ship, and they’re probably wondering what that ship is. And this is the place to find out.”
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Noted children's author to explore the way the SS United States worked by Peter Crimmins, WHYY Newsworks, March 11, 2014
David Macaulay, the author and illustrator of bestselling books about engineering and architecture, is one one of the very few people to have walked the decks of the SS United States at the height of the ship's glory and at the end of its life.
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Author makes pitch for saving SS United States by Associated Press, www.bigstory.ap.org, March 6, 2014Best-selling author and illustrator David Macaulay made a case Thursday for saving the SS United States, a once-majestic ocean liner that has been deteriorating for years at a pier along the Delaware River.Read the full article here.Also posted on www.washingtonpost.com.
