Hassle Island, USVI

Like my dad always says: "It's a poor day if you don't learn something new"

Here are a couple of websites dedicated to your continuing knowledge of the islands:

 



http://www.hasselisland.org/      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassel_Island,_U.S._Virgin_Islands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creque_Marine_Railway

Just when you thought this was going to be an easy read, I'm springing a test on you!

 

Your introduction....

Hassle Island is located just south of the Charlotte Amalie Harbor, St. Thomas. We've anchored near it and sailed past it so many times, yet never toured on it. It's not a large island...less than a mile long and about 1/4 mile at its widest. There are goats, iguanas and birds on it, but few people. Most of the island is a park now, serving those venturous souls that want a nice stroll up semi-steep trails in the hot sun and wind.

 

By now, I suppose you have read all about the island from the links given above, so here's your test:

 

Name the places in the pictures...

On the island, looking North. The ground is sloping toward the water. Steel rails are visible, leading into the water.
Yep, it's the Creque Marine Railway yard, where ships would enter the channel, set into a cradle, then hauled up the rails to be cleaned and worked on.

Hint: the gear assembly is located in the building, uphill from the rails....
these are the drive gears connected to the beam engine that pulled the ship in its cradle up the rails. For extra credit...what is a beam engine? Refresher information can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam_engine

 

A better picture than the one in the Hassel Island website...
It's the cistern for the Leprosarium. What's a Leprosarium, you ask?
You haven't read your assignment, have you? Two demerits!

The Leprosarium is the facility on the island used to house the infectious leper patients. Now, you are telling me you don't have a clue what leprosy is? Two more demerits! Keep it up, and you are going to have a really large chalkboard assignment!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprosy

 

If you want to earn back your privileges and avoid staying after school, explain who James Hazzel is.

 

Moving on....you'll find this on top of the North hill of Hassel Island. This view is looking East-Northeast. What was the site used for?

 

I have to warn you...you are going to fail this course if you don't do a better job studying!!!

 



It's a fortification. A place to set cannons. On top of the hill. Overlooking the harbor entrance. Built by the British. Ahhhh, now you know it...yes it's Shipley's Battery.
http://www.hasselisland.org/sites/shipleys-battery/

Here's an easy question: who is standing in the center of the picture below, wearing the straw hat and looking a little paunchy? Yes, that was a "gimmee" question.

But the next question is the "gotcha": Where am I standing?

Ohhh, you did read some of the material assigned....

 

Standing at the entrance to the Hazzell Family Cemetary

Karen, standing uphill from mausoleum #5

For extra credit and a shot at redeeming yourself:

name the three items in the foreground of the photo below.

Tick, tock, tick, tock....

You see only two? Wrong, my padawan learner....on the left, is a ship's anchor, leaning against a large metal lathe and a diving bell on the right.The diving bell was used at the shipyard to lower men to the sea bottom to work on the underwater rails as well as the carriage assemblies used to haul the ships out of water.
The idea is better explained in the old illustration below: