by import2 | July 2, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 Before noon, several attempts were made to launch the barge AGNES L. POTTER at Simon Langell’s yard at St. Clair, Michigan. Nothing happened until 15:00 when the vessel moved about 100 feet but still was not launched. The tug VULCAN arrived at 08:00 the...
by import2 | July 1, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 CASPIAN (wooden side-wheeler, 252 feet, 921 tons, built in 1851 at Newport, Michigan) foundered a short distance off Cleveland’s piers. Some of her gear and structural material was salvaged in the spring of 1853, and the wreck was then flattened with...
by import2 | June 30, 2023 | Boatnerd News
‘Boatnerds’ gather for freighters and frankfurters at the Soo Locks Boat watchers gathered for the annual Boatnerd picnic at Sherman Park near the Soo Locks, a day before the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ annual Engineer’s Day. Around 75 people attended the event,...
by import2 | June 30, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1889 WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, a wooden rail car ferry, sinks in the St. Lawrence off Morristown after being swamped. One life is lost, but the ship is refloated and repaired. It was renamed MONS MEG in 1910 and served as a drill barge but was abandoned due to its age and...
by import2 | June 29, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Mesabi Miner is home for experienced Great Lakes captain GREAT LAKES—Captain Paul Berger Jr., of the Interlake Steamship Company, said he is “at home” this shipping season aboard the M/V Mesabi Miner—an iron ore freighter dedicated to the Men and Women of Minnesota’s...
