A diesel-powered winch, anchored to three huge concrete blocks, pulled the barge to shore. The winch and crude docking facilities were brought to Dominicalito a few years earlier by the road builders from the Charles E. Mills ...
... 238 financial services, 219–20 Fitch Ratings, 219 five-gas analyzer, 70–71 “flash action,” 183 fleet average fuel economy milestones, 131 flow straightener, 224 forced labor, 14, 19, 23 Ford, Henry, 5 Ford Econoline diesel vans, ...
Author and naturalist Jack Ewing shares a wealth of observations and experiences, gathered from more than three decades of living in southwestern Costa Rica, home to some of the most prolific and diverse ecosystems on Earth.
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