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		News Photo Gallery August - 15, 2009

 

8/15 - Duluth/Superior traffic - Tom Caine
James R. Barker entering Duluth Harbor for SMET	Canadian Enterprise loading coal at SMET		Canadian Enterprise trimming, James R. Barker backing into position		Quebecois off-loading at Holcim St. Lawrence Cement		Quebecois stern view
Lee A. Tregurtha at anchor, Duluth Harbor	Lee A. Tregurtha at anchor		Lee A. Tregurtha in Duluth Anchorage Basin waiting for berth at SMET		Liamare outbound Duluth with grain from Cenex Harvest States		Liamare approaching turning buoy
Gordon C. Leitch entering Duluth Harbor for CN Missabe	Gordon C. Leitch and Canadian Olympic at CN Missabe		Gordon C. Leitch at CN Missabe		Canadian Olympic loading at CN Missabe		USCGC Alder at Duluth Coast Guard Station
8/15 - Thor Athos passing Brockville - Dave Bessant Thor Athos from the Isle of Man, home port of Douglas, the capitol city.
Thor Athos upbound past Brockville		Another view		Thor Athos stack		Thor Athos stern
8/15 - Cleveland traffic - Bill Kloss
Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder unloading at Ontario Stone		Dorothy Ann		Willow St. lift bridge tower		Close up of lift bridge counterweight chain
Tug Valerie B. and barge		Close up of crane on barge		Valerie B.
8/15 - Welland Canal - John McCreery
John D Leitch and Pochard above lock 7		The Leitch being lowered in lock 7		The Fen and Pochard meeting above 7		Stern view of the Fen
8/15 - St. Lawrence Seaway traffic - Ron Beaupre
Thor Athos up bound in the Seaway		Thor Athos first visited the Lakes as Thor Eagle in 1999		Thor Athos was built in Hamburg Germany in 1987
8/15 - Port Huron/Sarnia - Bill Kloss
Algosea and Algoeast laid up at Sarnia	Algosea		Algoeast		USCG Cutter Bramble		Highlander Seas at he Bean Dock
8/15 - Barbara Andrie in the Black Rock Canal, Buffalo - Brian Wroblewski
The barge A-390 being eased up against the lower guide wall of the Black Rock Lock in Buffalo.		The lookout stationed at the bow is calling out the distance to the lock chamber on his radio.		The lookout on the Starboard side of the barge is on the radio to the tug captain telling him how close he is to the lock wall.		Detail of the tug's pilothouse.
The connection between the tug and the barge at the notch.		The tug is now seen easing her barge into the Black Rock Lock. The Lockmaster's control house is in the background.		The 100 year old CN Railroad's Harbor Draw swing bridge opening for the tug-barge to pass through.		Barbara Andrie/A-390 departing the lock and heading for Harbor Draw.
Tug passing through the draw	The pair are now passing through what was once called "Black Rock Harbor", the land along the canal in the background is where some of Admiral Perry's warships were built that took place in the War of 1812 at a shipyard located there		The Barbara Andrie-A-390 is now headed out of the Black Rock Canal as seen from the Erie Basin Tower.		Here's proof that a newly wed bride and her bride's maids can be big time boat fans too. As they were posing for their photo the bride and her wedding party girls pumped their arms in the air to get the captain to blow the whistle and he then gave them a nice salute!		The two vessels head off onto a calm lake as they depart the North Entrance Channel on a steamy Buffalo afternoon
8/15 - Duluth-Superior - Tom Caine
Algocape inbound in fog off Duluth piers	Arriving Duluth at Aerial Bridge		Indiana Harbor loading coal at SMET		Indiana Harbor at SMET		Algocape approaching CN Missabe ore docks
Approaching Dock 6			Closing on dock		Almost up against		Edward H.

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