Boatnerd News – November 25

Boatnerd News – November 25

Historic Ashtabula coal dock dismantled Ashtabula, OH – The preparation of a coal conveyor for transport to Mobile, Ala. is nearing completion at the Ashtabula Rail Yard Coal Dock is nearing completion after months of preparation and work by Capp Steel Erectors and a...
Today in Great Lakes History – November 25

Today in Great Lakes History – November 25

In 1913, the schooner ROUSE SIMMONS, Captain August Schuenemann, departed Thompson Harbor (Michigan) with a load of fresh cut Christmas trees bound for Chicago. Somewhere between Kewaunee and Two Rivers, Wis., the SIMMONS was lost with all hands. In 1890, the WESTERN...
Port Reports – November 24

Port Reports – November 24

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: American Century arrived at 06:03 (CST) Tuesday morning to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. H. Lee White arrived at 08:48 to unload limestone at Envirotech-Hallett #8. As of...
Today in Great Lakes History – November 24

Today in Great Lakes History – November 24

On this day in 1966, Hjalmer Edwards became ill while working as a second cook on the steamer DANIEL J. MORRELL. He was transferred to the hospital at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan when the MORRELL transited the locks for the last time on Thanksgiving Day. Five days...