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2. SS St. Marys Challenger - Wikipedia

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   10,250 tons. The SS St. Marys Challenger is a freight-carrying vessel operating on the North American Great Lakes built in 1906. Originally an ore boat, she spent most of her career as a cement carrier when much larger ore boats became common. After a 107-year-long working career as a self-propelled boat, she was converted into a barge and ...

3. J. W. Westcott II - Wikipedia

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   Detroit Diesel 6-71, 220 hp (160 kW) [1] May 2010: Cummins Marine QSB 5.9, 305 hp (227 kW) [citation needed] Speed. 15 knots. J. W. Westcott II is a boat known for its delivery of mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and is the only floating ZIP Code in the United States. [2]

4. Great Lakes Waterway - Wikipedia

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   Great Lakes Waterway. The Great Lakes Waterway (GLW) is a system of natural channels and artificial locks and canals which enable navigation between the North American Great Lakes. [1] Though all of the lakes are naturally connected as a chain, water travel between the lakes was impeded for centuries by obstacles such as Niagara Falls and the ...

5. PS Tashmoo - Wikipedia

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   After a race between the City of Chicago and the City of Milwaukee in September 1900, a Chicago–newspaper boasted that the winner (the City of Chicago) was the "fastest on the lakes". [5] A paper in Detroit, Michigan subsequently listed nine vessels that could have easily beaten the City of Chicago. The list did not mention the Tashmoo. A. A.

6. MV Abegweit (1982) - Wikipedia

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   MV Abegweit (1982) MV. Abegweit. (1982) Her predecessor MV Abegweit which was retired in 1982. Epekwit'k or Abegweit is the Mi'kmaq Nation's name for Prince Edward Island. Removed from service in 1999 and scrapped in 2004. MV Abegweit were icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of ...

7. James J. Versluis - Wikipedia

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   The James J. Versluis is a tugboat operated by the Chicago Water Department. [1] She is 90 feet (27 m) long, and built in 1957. [2] James J. Versluis with the Chicago Skyline on the horizon. She was named after a former director of the Water Department. [3] Although she was built to service the Water Department's facilities she mounted a water ...