by import | May 26, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1872 QUEEN OF THE LAKES was launched at the Kirby & Ward yard in Wyandotte, Michigan. She was the first iron-hulled vessel built in Michigan. 1873 The iron propeller revenue cutter GEO S. BOUTWELL (Hull#15) was launched at D. Bell Steam Engine Works in Buffalo,...
by import | May 25, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1847 The wooden schooner J C DAUN was in her first year of service when she encountered a squall in Lake Erie, capsizing five miles off Conneaut, Ohio. Four of the 11 on board were able to make it to her upturned keel, but one of them died of exposure during the...
by import | May 24, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1872 The wooden schooner SAM ROBINSON was carrying corn from Chicago, Illinois, to Kingston, Ontario, in dense fog on Lake Michigan. At 7:30 a.m. the propeller MANISTEE collided with the schooner and almost cut her in two amidships. When the MANISTEE backed away, the...
by import | May 23, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1889 The wooden steam barge OSCAR T. FLINT (218 foot, 824 gross tons) was launched at the Simon Langell & Sons yard in St. Clair, Michigan. She lasted until 25 November 1909, when she burned and sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron. 1901 UNIQUE (wooden...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Launched April 28, 1981 as the lake bulk carrier Lake Wabush, this Seaway-sized vessel was built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON, for Nipigon Transports Ltd. She was powered by 2 Krupp MAK model 6M552AK 5,100 b.h.p. diesel engines burning intermediate grade...
