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JAN + FEB, 1983 Page 9 FROM METEOR TO JUPITOR: THE TANKER SAGA yi PAUL WIENING In the days of cheap water transporta- tion, before the times of the competition from pipelines, waterborne commerce in petroleum promised to be the thing of the future. At Port Washington, Wisconsin, the days of tankers took a giant step forward in 1960, when a major oil storage facility was constructed on the city's southwest side. Back in the days when gasoline was selling for less than 30 cents a gallon, we watched tens of thousands of barrels of gasoline and oil being pumped off of any one of dozens of colorful lake tankers. When the River The POLARIS was among the most regular visitors to Port Washington. The former LST was a perpetual winter opener at the dock until she was scrapped in 1976. Author's Photo