by import | February 26, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1874 The tug WILLIAM LIVINGSTONE JR. was launched at Port Huron Dry Dock. Her dimensions were 151 feet overall, 25 foot 6 inches beam, and 13 foot depth. Her machinery was built by Phillerick & Christy of Detroit and was shipped by rail to Port Huron. She cost...
by import | February 25, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1910 CREEK TRANSPORT was launched as a.) SASKATOON (Hull#256) at Sunderland, England, by Sunderland Shipbuilding Co. 1964 CISSOULA, a Greek freighter that visited the Seaway in 1961 and 1965, was abandoned after a collision in fog with the Swedish vessel SOLKLINT off...
by import | February 24, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1900 George T. Arnold filed the Articles of Association for Arnold Transit Co., the long-time ferry operator between Mackinac Island and the mainland. 1920 TALLAC (formerly SIMON J. MURPHY and MELVILLE DOLLAR, steel propeller, 235 foot, built in 1895, at W. Bay City,...
by import | February 23, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1843 ANDUSKY (wooden side-wheeler, 148 foot, 377 tons, built in 1834, at Sandusky, Ohio) caught fire at her dock on Buffalo Creek in Buffalo, New York and burned to the hull. She was recovered, rebuilt as a 3-masted bark and lasted another two years. 1943 The e.)...
by import | February 22, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1878 The 156-foot wooden freighter ROBERT HOLLAND was purchased by Beatty & Co. of Sarnia for $20,000. 1920 The Goodrich Line’s ALABAMA (steel propeller passenger/package freight steamer, 272 foot, 2,626 gross tons, built in 1909, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) ran...
