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The two Port Huron race courses allow for maximum participation from yachts ranging in size from 26 feet (7.9 m) to more than 80 feet (24 m). In 2015 they allow a new minimum of 24 feet (7.3 m) to compete. Allowing Target Practice and Solvo to be the first Cal25s to participate and complete the race.
A US Port of Entry was established at the location in 1836, when a license to provide commercial ferry service between Port Huron and what then was known as Port Sarnia. The license was issued to a Canadian man named Crampton who operated a sailboat. In the 1840s, a man named Davenport, also from Port Sarnia, operated a pony-powered vessel ...
Near the center, the bridge rises in an arc to provide 65-foot (20 m)-high clearance for boat passage. The remainder of the bridge is considerably closer to the water surface. The new bridge does not cross Pigeon Key. The total length of the new bridge is actually 35,862 ft (10,931 m) or 6.79 miles (10.93 km), and is shorter than the original.
Blue Water Ferry Company (1946-1957) using converted military landing craft as passenger only ferries and reusing the older ship's names. City of Sarnia; City of Port Huron; Rail ferries served Sarnia, Ontario to Port Huron, Michigan from 1859 to 1890. The earliest ferry was a chain ferry on a 1000-foot chain across the river in the 1860s. The ...
In this image taken from video provided by the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, the bow of the Ironton is seen in Lake Huron off Michigan's east coast in a June 2021 photo.
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The bridge officially achieved its 100 millionth crossing exactly 40 years after its dedication, on June 25, 1998. [1] The 50th anniversary of the bridge's opening was celebrated on November 1, 2007, in a ceremony hosted by the Mackinac Bridge Authority at the viewing park adjacent to the St. Ignace causeway. [1]
The 1.6-mile bridge spans Baltimore's harbor, and photos show steel rods still wrapped around the container ship that rammed into ... A large container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge ...