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It's noted that the Walters was the freighter built to replace the SS William C. Moreland, which ran aground on Sawtooth Reef, Lake Superior. The Pilot house of the Irvan L. Clymer is located on Pier B in Duluth, Minnesota. Built in 1917 and scrapped in 1994 the Irvan L. Clymer ' s pilot house sits at the end of the pier.
The Type L6 ship is a United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) designation for World War II as a Great Lakes dry break bulk cargo ship.The L-Type Great Lakes Dry Bulk Cargo Ships were built in 1943 to carry much-needed iron ore from the upper Great Lakes to the steel and iron production facilities on Lakes Erie and Ontario in support of the war effort.
Pages in category "Great Lakes freighters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 208 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The lake freighter SS Henry Steinbrenner was a 427-foot (130 m) long, 50-foot (15 m) wide, and 28-foot (8.5 m) deep, [1] dry bulk freighter of typical construction style for the early 1900s, primarily designed for the iron ore, coal, and grain trades on the Great Lakes.
First iron-hulled lake freighter. Onoko: 1882 Followed Brunswick in advancing the design of what would become the Great Lakes boat Spokane: 1886 First steel-hulled lake freighter. Hennepin: 1888 Originally Str. George H. Dyer, it was the first ship retrofitted to have self-unloading equipment in 1902. Hennepin sank in a storm in 1927. [5 ...
The 639-foot-long self-unloader slid into the Manitowoc River on its starboard side at precisely 1 p.m. May 9, 1953. Thousands of spectators turned up to watch the launch from the opposite ...
Lake freighter Foundered on Lake Superior; all 24 crew members died. Location unknown. [29] Henry S. Sill: 1903 1947 416 Lake freighter Scrapped in 1947, in Hamilton, Ontario. [30] Wisconsin: 1903 1946 428 Lake freighter Scrapped in 1946, in Hamilton, Ontario. [31] George W. Perkins: 1905 1981 569 Lake freighter
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...