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12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) MV Abegweit was an icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 and 1982. The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island, Epekwit'k, meaning "cradled (or cradle ...
SS. Eastland. Sold on 1 June 1914 to the St. Joseph-Chicago Steamship Company of St. Joseph, Michigan. Raised after accident in October 1915 and sold at auction on 20 December 1915 to Captain Edward A. Evers, sold on 21 November 1917 to the Illinois Naval Reserve. SS Eastland was a passenger ship based in Chicago and used for tours.
The Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac is a 333-mile (289 nmi; 536 km) annual yacht race starting in Lake Michigan off Chicago, Illinois, and ending in Lake Huron off Mackinac Island, Michigan. It is hosted and managed by the Chicago Yacht Club. The "Mac" (as it is known) was first run in 1898 and is the oldest annual freshwater distance race ...
5.97 m (19.6 ft) Sail area. 1,189 m 2 (12,800 sq ft) Columbia was an American racing yacht built in 1899 for the America's Cup races. She was the defender of the tenth America's Cup race that same year against British challenger Shamrock[1] as well as the defender of the eleventh America's Cup race in 1901 against British challenger Shamrock II ...
Ad-Vantage started out as a firefighting and fast crew support vessel servicing offshore platforms. [56] [57] [58] 32 2009 51.30 Pursuit: Damen Group First purpose built Sea Axe Fast Yacht Support vessel. [59] 33 2010 51.25 Transit: Damen Group [60] 34 1976 50.20 Perfect Life: Rockport Yacht & Supply Co. [61] 35 1981 49.70 Mystrere Shadow
South Branch Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. (. 41°50′30″N 87°40′33″W / 41.8416°N 87.6757°W / 41.8416; -87.6757. ) The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, historically known as the Chicago Drainage Canal, is a 28-mile-long (45 km) canal system that connects the Chicago River to the Des Plaines River. It reverses the ...
Maltese Falcon. (yacht) Maltese Falcon is a full-rigged ship using DynaRig technology, which was built by Perini Navi in Tuzla, Istanbul, and commissioned by her first owner, Tom Perkins. She is one of the world's most complex and largest sailing yachts at 88 m (289 ft), similar in size to the Athena and Eos. The vessel dropped its BVI flag in ...
During construction, 1915 (Chicago Daily News)Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. [5] Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett [6] Its original purpose was to serve as a dock for freighters, passenger ships, and indoor ...