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2. Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company - Wikipedia

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   The Thompson Brothers Boat Manufacturing Company of Peshtigo, Wisconsin was a manufacturer of pleasure boats and canoes. Founded by brothers Peter and Christ Thompson in 1904, [1] the company became prominent in the field and built boats for nearly one hundred years. [2] The Thompson Antique & Classic Boat Rally celebrates the company's history ...

3. List of Great Lakes museum and historic ships - Wikipedia

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   Used as a museum ship in Manitoulin Island, the ship fell into disrepair and was closed. She was towed to Port Colbourne, Ontario in fall of 2023 and scrapped. Lake Superior, former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers tug, built in 1943. Used as a museum ship in Duluth, Minnesota from 1996 - 2007. Abandoned after a 2022 sinking.

4. Iceboat - Wikipedia

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   Boer Ice sailing in the Netherlands in 1938. An iceboat (occasionally spelled ice boat or traditionally called an ice yacht) is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice. One of the runners is steerable. Originally, such craft were boats with a support structure, riding on the runners and ...

5. Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company - Wikipedia

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   Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was a major shipbuilder for the Great Lakes. It was founded in 1902, with the purchase of the "Burger & Burger Shipyard," a predecessor to The Burger Boat Company, and made mainly steel ferries and ore haulers. During World War II, it built submarines, tank landing craft (LCTs ...

6. SS William A. Irvin - Wikipedia

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   SS William A. Irvin is a lake freighter, named for William A. Irvin, that sailed as a bulk freighter on the Great Lakes as part US Steel's lake fleet. She was flagship of the company fleet from her launch in the depths of the Great Depression in 1938 until 1975 and then was a general workhorse of the fleet until her retirement in 1978.

7. Carver Yachts - Wikipedia

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   History. Carver Yachts was founded in 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Charles "Charlie" Carter and George Verhagen started building mahogany runabouts in a factory on South 27th. The popular myth that they started building boats in the backyard garage is not true. They were both long time marine industry people that decided to build boats ...