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Ephrata, Washington: Boat-Truck

Weird wedding of a rusted-out truck and flat-bottomed boat with a big fan on the back for propulsion. Relic reportedly berthed on land for over 40 years.

Address:
Hwy 28, Ephrata, WA
Directions:
Five miles south of downtown, on the south side of Hwy 28, just west of its intersection with Hwy 283.
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Boat truck.

Boat-Truck

Someone decided to mate a boat with a truck -- or was it a truck with a boat? Anyway, they must've used a crane to accomplish this. There's some sort of "fan" on the back for "propulsion." It has been in this field since before 1976.

[Greg Nord, 03/16/2018]

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