What we overlook. Stefan Nybom climbed on a dredge and an oil tank along Kingston harbour circa 1973 to snap some detailed photos of Canadian Dredge & Dock's drydock on Anglin Bay here in Kingston. These have been posted liberally locally, in this case on the Vintage Kingston group on Facebook. But at one point, Stefan turned around the pointed his camera down at this Imperial Oil tanker that was unloading right under his nose. His photos were not both taken on the same day - the Coast Guard vessel in one photo is floating, in the other it is in drydock. But nobody has seen fit to share this one, and I think it's the most interesting.
This photo is just as interesting as the other two panoramic photos. Consider the numerous lines used to secure the tanker, the crewman onboard, the minimal freeboard these Imperial Oil vessels, and the concept that these little vessels regularly called on Kingston. They were under-photographed. The water is high, lapping at the fenced government property at right. And I've searched high and low for photos like this. The photographer was high, but he pointed his camera low!
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