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The Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Land_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Land_Service, is more interesting from the historical poin
by russell 15y ago
The Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Land_Service http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-Land_Service, is more interesting from the historical point of view. As I read it, McLean had the idea of using trailers to ship cargo around the world, originally with the ordinary trailer chassis. When that proved less than optimal. The system was refined by Tantlinger to become today's system of stackable containers and dockside cranes.
Aside: Containers make fairly inexpensive storage, if you have a place to put the container and dont mind lowering the property values for your neighbor hood. A decade ago I rented one for $70 a month.
- darnton 15y agoThey're a sort of universal building block. In Christchurch at the moment (badly damaged by earthquakes over the last year) they're used to shore up loose facades, as baffles to stop or slow falling rubble, they've been refitted to contain generators and substations, toilets, and shops. I buy my coffee each morning from a couple of guys who plopped a 10-foot container with an espresso machine on the pavement after their shop was demolished.
- mturmon 15y agoThe Los Feliz Charter School in LA uses them for classrooms. See the top picture (or the video walkthrough) at: http://losfelizarts.org/ http://losfelizarts.org/ The building is a converted warehouse, and the shipping containers sit in clusters inside the warehouse. It was done right, and did not even lower property values ;-)