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Remembering the past Historical Perspective Featured Lake Boat: |
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William K. Field 1924 - 1934 Reiss Brothers 1934 - 1970 George D. Goble 1970 - 1980
Robert S. Pierson (1) 1980 - 1982
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Built: Toledo Ship Building Co., Toledo, OH 1924, hull # 176, launched Jan. 24, 1924 as a) William K. Field, flagship for Reiss Steamship Co., Sheboygan, WI. Dimensions: 603' 00" loa x 60' 00" beam x 32' 00" depth; 8,195 GRT 6,369 NRT 13,400 dwt. Power: yard built 2,200 i.h.p. coal-fired steam engine; repowered 1957 with 6,600 s.h.p. coal-fired DeLaval steam turbine engine; bow-thruster added 1964 - 65. Last Canadian coal-fired lake boat. Scrapped at Thunder Bay, ON 1985 - 86. |
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| William K. Field 1924 - 1934 (Reiss Steamship Co., Sheboygan, WI) | |||
 On the Maumee River, Toledo, OH. (Paul C. LaMarre III collection) |
 At the Hulett loaders, Conneaut, OH.(Paul C. LaMarre III collection) |
 On the St. Marys River. (Paul C. LaMarre Jr. collection) |
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| Reiss Brothers 1934 - 1970 (Reiss Steamship Co., Sheboygan, WI, managed by Boland & Cornelius, Buffalo, NY 1969 - 1971) | |||
%20Reiss%20Brothers%20under%20Blue%20Water%20Bridge.jpg) Passing under the Bluewater Bridge. (Kenneth Niemi collection) |
%20Reiss%20Brothers%20loading%20bunker%20coal.jpg) Loading bunker coal. (Kenneth Niemi collection) |
%20Reiss%20Brothers'%20namesakes.jpg) The Reiss brothers, namesakes of the Reiss Brothers. (Kenneth Niemi collection) |
%20Reiss%20Brothers%20and%20a%20group%20of%20ladies.jpg) With a group of ladies. (Kenneth Niemi collection) |
 July, 1968. (from the Marc Vander Meulen collection) |
 In the Detroit River. (Father Peter Van der Linden photo, Paul C. LaMarre Jr. collection) |
 On Lake St. Clair. (Father Peter Van der Linden photo, Paul C. LaMarre Jr. collection) |
  Waterline & full hull scale drawings depicting appearance from late 1930's / early 1940's. (Drawings by John Belliveau) |
| George D. Goble 1970 - 1980 (sold to American Steamship Co., Buffalo, NY 1971, sold to Kinsman Marine Transit Co., Cleveland, OH 1972) | |||
 Arriving at the grain elevators along the Buffalo River, Buffalo, NY, July 1974. John Robinson |
 Spring fitout at Toledo's C&O Docks in the 1970's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Upbound the Soo 1976-77. (Rudi Rabe) |
 Loading coal at the C&O #3 coal machine at Toledo in the late 1970's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Downbound Mission Point at the Soo, late 1970's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Just arrived at Toledo's C&O #3 coal dock preparing to load coal, late 1970's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 At Lakefront Coal Dock, Toledo, late 1970's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 At Toledo's Lakefront Ore Dock in the 1970's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 At Mission Point, June 1978. (Roger LeLievre) |
 July 14, 1979. (from the Marc Vander Meulen collection) |
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| Robert S. Pierson (1) 1980 - 1982 (reflagged Canadian & sold to Soo River Co., Thorold, ON becoming fleet flagship) | |||
 Welland Canal, Apr. 6, 1980 on maiden trip as Robert S. Pierson. (the late T. "Scotty" McCannell from the Gerry Ouderkirk collection) |
 Stern view in the Welland Canal, Apr. 6, 1980 on maiden trip as Robert S. Pierson. (the late T. "Scotty" McCannell from the Gerry Ouderkirk collection) |
 In the early 1980's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 At Toledo in the early 1980's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Preparing to load grain at Midstates Elevator, Toledo. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Loading grain at Midstates, Toledo. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Inbound Maumee Bay at Toledo in the early 1980's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 At Anderson's layby slip waiting to load grain at one of the Toledo elevators. (Jim Hoffman) |
 At Toledo in the early 1980's. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Upbound the Maumee River. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Welland Canal. (Terry McCullough collection) |
 Welland Canal. (Terry McCullough collection) |
 In the Trenton Channel. (Paul C. LaMarre Jr.) |
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Spruceglen (1) 1982 - 1985 (P & H Shipping Ltd., Mississauga, ON, sold to Goderich Elevator & Transit Co. as a storage barge, early 1983) |
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 Inbound Maumee Bay at Toledo, fall 1982. (Jim Hoffman) |
 Fall 1982 backing away from C&O # 4 coal dock after taking on bunkers. (Jim Hoffman) |
 (D.G. Metz) |
 Goderich, ON, Mar. 24, 1984. (Unknown) |
 Goderich, ON as a storage hull, Mar.12, 1985 at sunset with her Soo River Company markings showing through. (John McCreery) |
 Goderich, ON, the morning of Mar. 13, 1985. (John McCreery) |
 Stern view with the markings showing through again on Mar. 13, 1985. (John McCreery) |
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Masters and Chief Engineers of the
William K. Field (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Masters Alex. Craigie 1924 - 1931 Unknown 1932-1933 |
Chief Engineers Alexander McLaren 1924 - 1931 Unknown 1932 - 1933 |
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| Masters and Chief Engineers of the
Reiss Brothers (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Alex. Craigie 1934 E.J. Lawrence 1935 Howard N. Leach 1936 - 1943 Mel A. Baizaire 1944 - 1955 |
Carroll Shaw 1956 - 1962 George A. Rapp 1963 - 1966 Matt A. Wiinamaki 1967 - 1968 Manley D. Miller 1969 - 1970 |
Alexander L. McLaren 1934 - 41 John J. Maloney 1942 - 1943 James Nelson 1944 William Bracher 1945 James Nelson 1945 - 1951 |
Sam Lorenz 1952 - 1954 Theodore Jessen 1955 Clarence A. Jackson 1956 - 1966 Richard E. Peterson 1967 - 1968 Onni E. Niemi 1969 - 1970 |
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Masters and Chief Engineers of the
George D. Goble (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Manley Miller 1970 Arne J. Leskinen 1971 Unknown 1972 |
Arne D. Tenhula 1973 John G. Munroe 1974 Gordon MacDonald 1975 - 1976 |
Onni E. Niemi 1970 - 1971 Unknown 1972 Bev B. Stoffers 1974 - 1976 |
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Masters and Chief Engineers of the
Robert S. Pierson (Courtesy of Russ Plumb) |
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Masters Larry R. Leveille 1980 Ron M. Dean 1980 |
Chief Engineers Earl J. Teskey 1980 Don Boone 1980 |
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