by import2 | September 17, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday September 16. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | September 17, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1830 1830: WILLIAM PEACOCK (wooden sidewheel steamer; 102 feet; 120 tons; built in 1829 at Barcelona, NY) suffered the first major boiler explosion on Lake Erie while she was docked in Buffalo, NY. 15–30 lives were lost. She was rebuilt two years later and...
by import2 | September 16, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Coast Guard Great Lakes District holds change of command ceremony CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Russell E. Dash relieved Rear Adm. Jon P. Hickey as commander of the Great Lakes District in a change of command ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2025. ...
by import2 | September 16, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Monday September 15. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | September 16, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1877 1877: The 46-foot tug RED RIBBON, owned by W.H. Morris of Port Huron, MI, burned about 2 miles below St. Clair, MI. Captain Morris ran the tug ashore and hurried to St. Clair to get assistance, but officials there refused to allow the steam fire engine to go...
