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		News Photo Gallery February 21, 2011

 

Tug Spartan breaking ice in Ludington on Sunday - Tom Hynes
	Spartan takes a run past its barge Spartan II.  The pair are the former Hannah Marine Mark Hanna and 6301, now owned by Occidental Chemical with a home port of Ludington.	Spartan taking another run past the barge, this time westbound.	Tug approaching the barges notch, which was filling with ice.	Barge in the ice about 5 pm, just east of the Coast Guard station in the main channel
Bow in the soft mushy ice.	Tug partially in the notch. The tankermen appeared to be using deck hoses to melt the ice between the barge and the tug.
Sarnia, Ont. February 18 - George Lee
Montrealais		Ojibway and Calumet	Buoys stored for the winter	Michipicoten
New shaft and propeller installed	Materials removed for recycling.	Snow melt left these recyclables in a pond
Dry Docking the Sturgeon  at the Great Lakes Shipyard in Cleveland, Ohio February 17
G tug Iowa with the Sturgeon in tow	Close up	Overhead view of the operation	Sturgeon on dock
Ice breaking in Owen Sound February 7 - Dave Strutt
Griffon breaking the ice coming into Owen Sound and an icefisherman watching.	Griffon coming into the Owen Sound harbor.	Algomarine waiting in open waters, to come into the harbor.	Algomarine docked in the Owen Sound harbor wall.
Historical Perspectives - USS Boats -  Lou Gerard Collection
Eugene W. Pargny, D.M.Clemson, D.G.Kerr, William A. McGonagle, Henry H. Rogers and 9 other unidentified boats including a whaleback wait at the Soo for the beginning of navigation to Lake Superior on April 28, 1917.	An undated photo of the USS Pittsburgh Fleet at Jones Island in Milwaukee during spring fitout. At least 16 boats are in the scene such as Thomas F. Cole , Irving S. Olds etc. The good old days!
Historical Perspective - Pictures that need Identification - collection of Lou Gerard Looking for date and locarion. Please post answers in the Information Search
Steamer Harold D. Nye of Pioneer Steamship Co. No date or location.	Jupiter of Interlake steamship Co. Date and location unknown.	John J. Boland,  American Steamship Co. Date 5/15/1915. No location.	Unidentified whaleback at St. Clair Flats. No Date.
Pictures that need Identification at Manistee - From the collection of Don Geske
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