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Though it was not looking for a buyer, the Michigan AAA sold Boblo Island in 1988 to the International Broadcasting Corporation, a Minneapolis-based concern that owned the Harlem Globetrotters and Ice Capades. [4] IBC declared bankruptcy in 1991. [5] The boats were sold off as a result of a decision to shutter operations at the Detroit dock. [6]
Jolly boats were usually the smallest type of boat carried on ships, and were generally between 16 feet (4.9 m) and 18 feet (5.5 m) long. [4] They were clinker-built and propelled by four or six oars. [1] When not in use the jolly boat normally hung from davits at the stern of a ship, and could be hoisted into and out of the water.
Jolly Cholly's Funland North Attleborough: 1950–1979 [26] King's Castle Land Whitman: 1964–1994 Lakeview Park Dracut: 1895–1970 Lincoln Park: North Dartmouth: 1894–1987 Lincoln Park Worcester: 1890s–1907? Merrimack Park Methuen: 1898–1938 Destroyed by the 1938 New England Hurricane. Mountain Park: Holyoke: 1894–1987 Norumbega Park ...
A sailboat and a shrimp boat, pictured here on Sept. 21, 2022, still must be removed from the pier in Battery Creek before the Town of Port Royal can build a new pier at the end of 11th Street in ...
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Built in Scotland in 1907, the boat steamed between Fort William and Port McNicoll for over 50 years until she was sold for scrap in 1967. Saved from the wrecker's torch, Keewatin was towed to Saugatuck, Michigan for use as a museum in 1968. She is the last unmodified Great Lakes passenger liner in existence, and an example of Edwardian luxury.
A ticket sold in Michigan has matched all six numbers to win the estimated $842.2 million Powerball jackpot during Monday night’s New Year’s Day drawing.
One vessel built in 1883, the 203-foot (62 m) long, 807 ton City of Mackinac (renamed State of New York in 1893 by the Cleveland and Buffalo Line) was sold back to D&C in 1909. The City of Mackinac was later converted into the floating clubhouse of the Chicago Yacht Club (from 1936 to 2004) and was the last known vessel of the D&C Line to survive.