by import | March 13, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1950 The keel for the tanker IMPERIAL REDWATER (Hull#106) was laid at Port Arthur, Ontario, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. She was converted to a bulk freighter at Collingwood, Ontario and renamed b.) R. BRUCE ANGUS in 1954. The ANGUS operated for Upper Lakes...
by import | March 12, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1883 The steam barge R. McDONALD was renamed IDA M. TORRENT. 1907 G.A. TOMLINSON was launched as a) D.O. MILLS (Hull#29) at Ecorse, Michigan, by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Mesaba Steamship Co. 1910 The b.) RUTH HINDMAN was launched as a.) NORWAY (Hull#115)...
by import | March 11, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1886 The tug RIVER QUEEN was sold to Ed Recor of St. Clair, Michigan. 1904 The wooden-hull Lake Erie car ferry SHENANGO NO. 1 caught fire and burned following an engine room explosion. The vessel had been frozen in the ice off Conneaut since January 1 and one member...
by import | March 10, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1881 The propellers MORLEY and A. L. HOPKINS were purchased by the Wabash Railroad Company from the Morley Brothers of Marine City, Michigan. 1884 The N. K. FAIRBANK (wooden freighter, 205 foot, 980 gross tons, built in 1874, at Marine City, Michigan) was sold by...
by import | March 9, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1858 The propeller ferry GLOBE was being loaded with cattle at the Third Street dock at Detroit, Michigan. In the rush to get aboard, the cattle caused the vessel to capsize. All of the cattle swam ashore, although some swam across the river to the Canadian side. 1905...
