by import | January 16, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1875 The Port Huron Times printed the following list of vessels that were total losses in 1874: Tug IDA H. LEE by collision in Milwaukee, Tug TAWAS by explosion off Sand Beach, Steamer W H BARNUM by collision in the Pelee Passage, Steamer TOLEDO by partially burning...
by import | January 15, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1873 A. Muir began building a wooden 3-mast schooner (“full sized canaller”) at his shipyard in Port Huron. Fourteen men were employed to work on her, including master builder James Perry. The schooner was to be the exact counterpart of the GROTON, the...
by import | January 14, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1920 The Grand Trunk carferry GRAND HAVEN was fast in the ice three miles out of Grand Haven. 1945 The C1-M-AV1 ship LEBANON, built by W. Butler Shipyard (Hull #40), was the last vessel through the Soo Locks. Ice was a serious problem. The newly-commissioned...
by import | January 13, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1909 The PERE MARQUETTE 17 was freed after her grounding the previous December. 1918 The Goodrich Line’s ALABAMA and the Grand Trunk ferries MILWAUKEE and GRAND HAVEN all became stuck in the ice off Grand Haven, Michigan. The vessels remained imprisoned in the ice for...
by import | January 12, 2020 | Great Lakes & Seaway History
1892 The wooden steam barge O.O. CARPENTER (127.5 foot, 364 gross tons) was sold by the Jenks Shipbuilding Company to Mr. H. E. Runnels and Capt. Sinclair for $26,000. The vessel had been launched at Jenks yard on 13 May 1891. a) 1905 became the Massasoit. 1911 ANN...
