by import2 | September 22, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday, September 21, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | September 22, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 Mr. H.N. Jex accepted the contract to recover the engine and boiler from the MAYFLOWER, which sank in the Detroit River in 1864. He was to be paid $600 upon delivery of the machinery at Windsor, ON. He succeeded in raising the engine on October 12 and recovered...
by import2 | September 21, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes freighter Michipicoten still idle at a U.S. shipyard SUPERIOR, Wis. — More than three months after escaping disaster on Lake Superior, the Canadian-flagged bulk carrier Michipicoten remains dockside in Superior, Wis. The Michipicoten sustained a rupture to...
by import2 | September 21, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday, September 20, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | September 21, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1844 JOHN JACOB ASTOR (wooden brig; 78 feet; 112 tons; built in 1835 at Pointe aux Pins, ON, but precut at Lorain, OH) was carrying furs and trade goods when she struck a reef and foundered near Copper Harbor, MI. She was owned by Astor’s American Fur Co. She was...
