by import2 | September 21, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Wednesday, September 20, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney September 17 Edgar B. Speer departed at 17:16 from Two Harbors for Conneaut. September 18...
by import2 | September 21, 2023 | 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...
by import2 | September 20, 2023 | Boatnerd News
U.S. Coast Guard to take part in “Cutter Olympics” at the Soo See the gallery at the bottom of the post for the full U.S. Coast Guard press release. USCG Seaway monthly traffic results: August 2023 See the gallery at the bottom of the post for a...
by import2 | September 20, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 COLONEL CAMP (three-masted wooden bark; 137 feet; 350 tons; built in 1854 at Three Mile Bay, NY) was carrying wheat to Oswego, NY, when she collided with the wooden steamer PLYMOUTH and sank in just a few minutes. No lives were lost. 1873 W.L. PECK (two-masted...
by import2 | September 19, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1856 At Rush Street in Chicago, IL, a hand-operated ferry carried pedestrians across the Chicago River. The ferry operator would pull hand-over-hand on a rope to move the ferry across the river. At a signal from schooners, the rope was dropped, and the schooner would...
