by import2 | August 17, 2021 | 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 16, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Mesabi Miner departed at 18:31 (CST) Sunday evening with iron ore pellets for Indiana Harbor. As of Sunday night, no vessels were in port on the Duluth side. Algoma Compass is expected early Monday to load iron ore...
by import2 | August 16, 2021 | 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 15, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Algoma Guardian departed at 22:18 (CST) Friday night with iron ore pellets for Hamilton. Indiana Harbor departed at 03:41 Saturday morning with coal for St. Clair. As of Saturday night, Mesabi Miner was taking a delay at...
by import2 | August 15, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1899, a major blockage of the St. Marys River occurred. The steamer MATOA was towing the barge MAIDA past Sailors Encampment when the steering chain of the MAIDA parted. The MAIDA ran ashore but the current swung her around to completely block the...
