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"All aboard are Rescued; Few Details of Accident are Given. Duluth, Minn. June 7 (AP) An old passenger steamer, the AMERICA, is lying on the bottom of Lake Superior tonight under 17 fathoms [31 m], of water. Its crew and passengers, about 45 in all, were taken off Isle Royale tonight, where they went when the ship sank this morning."
Last ship built with a steam turbine. Presque Isle: 1973 The first 1,000-foot integrated tugboat/barge and the second 1,000 footer overall. [20] James R. Barker: 1976 First standard construction 1,000-footer. Edwin H. Gott: 1978 The most powerful freighter when launched with two engines rated at 19,500 brake horsepower (14,500 kW) each.
SS Arthur M. Anderson - Last Ship to have Contact with the SS Edmund Fitzgerald; SS Cason J. Callaway; SS Phillip R. Clarke - First vessel of the 'AAA' Class ore carriers; the SS M. Anderson and the SS Cason J. Callaway are also of this class. The three are sometimes referred to as the "Triplets" because the three ships are nearly identical in ...
The beach bonfire always draws a crowd during Discover Presque Isle at Presque Isle State Park. The 2024 bonfire will be lit July 27 at 9 p.m. on Beach 1. He anticipated eight to 10 food vendors.
A freighter in Lake Superior hit something underwater on Saturday and started taking on water, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard Great Lakes district received reports about 6:53 a ...
Sept. 20 will feature both the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes and Presque Isle Mile on a 10-race card with a later-than-usual post time. Racing will not be held Sept. 19.
The Eisenhower Locks in Massena, New York St. Lawrence Seaway St. Lawrence Seaway separated navigation channel near Montreal. The St. Lawrence Seaway (French: la Voie Maritime du Saint-Laurent) is a system of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States that permits oceangoing vessels to travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes of North America, as far inland as Duluth ...
The shipping channels pass on opposite sides of Neebish Island in the St Marys River. The waterway allows passage from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland port of Duluth on Lake Superior, a distance of 2,340 miles (3,770 km) and to Chicago, on Lake Michigan, at 2,250 miles (3,620 km). [3]