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SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.
Holds lower lakes record of 50,239 net tons of coal, shipped from Ashtabula, Ohio, to Consumers Power 2001 season: Carried the most cargo through the Soo Locks at 3,004,957 long tons (3,053,177 t) On termination of the Republic Steel contract, on May 23, 1990, she was rechristened MV Paul R. Tregurtha at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin , named in honor ...
Queen of the Lakes has been used as the name of three vessels that sailed on the Great Lakes, but none was the longest on the lakes at the time. The first was a three-masted Canadian schooner built in 1853 as Robert Taylor, measuring 133 feet (41 m). It was renamed Queen of the Lakes sometime before 1864. [2]
The state's only national park, Isle Royale cannot be reached by road and is normally accessed by ferry. The largest ferries in Michigan are the car ferries which cross Lake Michigan to Wisconsin. One of these, the SS Badger is one of the last remaining coal steamers on the Great Lakes and serves as a section of US Highway 10 (US 10).
November 4, 1993 (Roughly, Central Ave. from Depot St. to Third St. Marshfield: Includes many old brick businesses like the Thomas House Hotel built after the fire of 1887, the Romanesque Revival old city hall built in 1901, the Craftsman-styled Wisconsin Central depot built in 1910, and the eclectic-styled Hotel Charles built in 1925, which hosted JFK, Patsy Cline, and possibly John Dillinger.
These are the top business stories of 2023 in the Wisconsin Rapids area. Wisconsin Rapids' top business stories of 2023: Former Shopko building, Herschleb's, Noodles & Co., Kwik Trip and more Skip ...
Neighborhood of 84 contributing homes, [30] including the 1893 Queen Anne Meany house, [31] the 1915 Prairie School Kulnick house, [32] the 1920 Craftsman Kerscher house, [33] the 1920 American Foursquare Galloway house, [34] the 1922 Miller bungalow, [35] the 1930 French Provincial Dick house, [36] the 1930 Tudor Revival Grall house, [37] the ...
The 3M sign came down in late summer at its Wonewok corporate getaway north of Park Rapids. "That really tied it up for the rest of us that this is happening," Rich Halvorsen, a neighbor of the ...