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The retired cement carrier Lewis G. Harriman was scheduled to be scrapped on 2003. Her forward cabins have been purchased by Marc and Jill Vander Meulen to be relocated to their summer cottage near DeTour Village. This pictorial history shows the progress of her scrapping and the move of her forward cabin section to DeTour. A complete history of the Lewis G. Harriman can be found here.

10/23/03 - The Harriman is towed from Green Bay to Sault Ste. Marie for scrapping - Dave Wobser
Up bound at Mission Point	Bow detail	Stern detail	Headed into the harbor.
11/22/03 - On board shots - Scott Best
Ready for stripping	Rear deck	Looking aft.
Pilothouse interior	Another view.	Deck view.
Scraping at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in 2004-2005
Before cutting started in 2004.	Stern end gone in 2005	Another view.
10/13/05 - Scraping Continued - Mike Nichols
The bow is the biggest piece remaining.	Notice the cut line around the bow in preparation to removing the forward cabins.	Not much left of the middle and aft sections.
11/4/05 - Preparing for the move onto the barge
View from the stern	Temporary gangway.	Engineers work area in the unloading equipment room.	Crew quarters
Laundry room	First mate's cabin	Second mate's cabin	Anchor windlass room after the windlass was removed.
Crew quarters	Officers hallway	Guest lounge. Lots of paneling to refinish.	Stairway to the pilothouse
New owners anticipating the view once we get to DeTour.	Inside the pilothouse	Chart table at the rear of the pilothouse.	Calendar above the chart table indicates the last month she sailed - April, 1980
Captains quarters	Forward deck	Marty Clement discusses the project with Marc and Jill.	These little roller sets will carry the whole thing on to the barge.
View from the deck barge	Cribbing and rails on the barge ready to receive the cabins.	One name board left in place
Paint worn off the lifeboat shows Harriman's heritage.	Engine room gauge panel is destined for a Sault, Ontario museum...	along with her original triple expansion steam engine.

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