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The Daniel J. Morrell, a 603-foot freighter broke in two during a large storm on Lake Huron off the coast of Port Hope on Nov. 29, 1966. The freighter encountered 35-foot waves, snow and winds at ...
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...
The lake freighter SS Henry Steinbrenner was a 427-foot (130 m) long, 50-foot (15 m) wide, and 28-foot (8.5 m) deep, [1] dry bulk freighter of typical construction style for the early 1900s, primarily designed for the iron ore, coal, and grain trades on the Great Lakes.
The Port Huron & Detroit Railroad had about 100 on-line industries at this time though many were infrequent shippers. The Port Huron & Detroit Railroad owned a freight yard in Port Huron that ran parallel to and on the south side of GTW and C&O's trackage there. The railroad's headquarters building and its locomotive repair house were located ...
SS Russia was an iron-hulled American Great Lakes package freighter that sank in a Lake Huron gale on April 30, 1909, near DeTour Village, Michigan, with all 22 of her crew and one passenger surviving.
(Reuters) -U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports began reopening late on Thursday after dockworkers and port operators reached a wage deal to settle the industry's biggest work stoppage in nearly ...
[12] [13] She was the first lake freighter to pass through the new MacArthur Lock at the Soo Locks in 1943. [14] As the largest ship on the lakes, Carl D. Bradley was traditionally the first boat through the Straits of Mackinac when the ice kept the smaller vessels from leaving port.
The Port Huron Museums’ Carnegie Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday through May 26 when it’ll be open daily until Sept. 15. For more information on programs and exhibits ...