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Old 12-09-2010, 12:16 AM   #35
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Default Re-Reading The GSN Article of 12/29/39

I was just re-reading the Granite State News article of 12/29/1939. Paragraph 9 under the heading Built in 1872 reads as follows:

Watching the “Mount” go proudly in the flames at its dock was the Grand Old Skipper of Lake Winnipesaukee, Capt. Leander Lavallee. He stood on the brow of the hill across from Tarlson’s store when the oil tank on the old sidewheeler exploded. Previously he had collapsed in front of his home at The Weirs when he realized what was happening. He said he was subject to angina.

We've talked about what powered the Old Mount and seemed to have settled on coal as the answer. However, the question is, what was an oil tank, large enough to cause a sizeable explosion, used for? I suppose the logical answer is to store lubricant but does that make sense? Or did it store fuel?
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