by import | December 7, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1866 M. BALLARD (2-mast wooden schooner, 116 foot, 288 tons, built in 1855, at Cleveland, Ohio) was lost with all hands in a storm on Lake Ontario. 1878 The wooden propeller bulk freighter MORLEY was launched at Marine City. She was on the stocks for two years and was...
by import | December 6, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1886 C. McElroy purchased the steamer CHARLIE LIKEN for use as a ferry at St. Clair, Michigan to replace the burned CLARA. 1874 The Port Huron Times reported that the Port Huron Dry Dock Co. had been declared bankrupt and Mr. John Johnston had been appointed assignee...
by import | December 5, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1857 The wooden 100-foot schooner BRILLIANT was close to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where she was scheduled to pick up a load of lumber when she went on a reef close to shore and sank. No lives were lost. 1874 The steam barge MILAN was scheduled to be hauled ashore at Port...
by import | December 4, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1838 THAMES (wooden passenger/package-freight side-wheeler, 80 foot, 160 tons, built in 1833, at Chatham, Ontario) was burned at her dock in Windsor, Ontario by Canadian “patriots” during a raid on Windsor involving more than 500 armed men. 1873 A gale...
by import | December 3, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1850 HENRY CLAY (2-mast wooden brig, 87 foot, 163 tons, built in 1842, at Huron, Ohio) was driven ashore at Point Nipigon in the Straits of Mackinac. She suffered little damage, but she was high and dry and unsalvageable. Her crew and passengers were picked up by the...
