by import2 | August 18, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Joshua, our Port Reports volunteer, is on a much-deserved vacation with his family. He is – of course – chasing boats. They will resume shortly.
by import2 | August 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 18 August 1871, GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT (wooden schooner, 114 foot, 213 tons, built in 1852, at Black River, Ohio) was carrying lumber from Menominee to Chicago when she sprang a leak during a gale and capsized off Spider Island near Death’s Door on Lake...
by import2 | August 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1927 – NORTHERN LIGHT, a steel package freighter, left the Great Lakes for saltwater service in two sections in 1917. The vessel was ravaged by a fire that began in the coal bunker, at Mobile, AL. on this date in 1927. The engine was removed in 1928 and the hull...
by import2 | August 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On August 17, 1987, the CADILLAC was towed by the tugs GLENADA and ELMORE M. MISNER, from Toledo’s Frog Pond on the first leg of her journey to be scrapped. At 4 p.m. on 17 August 1869, the schooner CARLINGFORD was launched at the Fitzgerald and Leighton yard in...
by import2 | August 17, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Port Of Oswego continues tonnage increase over 2021: 187,210 tons shipped and $1.3 million in payroll to-date OSWEGO, NY – Maritime activity and positive economic impacts at the Port of Oswego (POA), continues to grow at a record pace this year and support and...
