by import2 | March 15, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1837: Mr. Russell Armington died on 15 March 1837. He operated the first shipyard at St. Catharines, Ontario from 1828, until his death. 1882: On 15 March 1882, GRACE PATTERSON (wooden propeller tug/freighter, 111 tons, built in 1880, at Grand Haven, Michigan) was...
by import2 | March 14, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873: On 14 March 1873, the new railroad carferry SAGINAW went into the Port Huron Dry Dock Company’s dry dock where her engine was installed along with her shaft and propeller. Workmen had to break up the ice in the dry dock to release the schooner MARY E....
by import2 | March 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1950: The keel for the tanker IMPERIAL REDWATER (Hull#106) was laid March 13, 1950, at Port Arthur, Ontario, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. She was converted to a bulk freighter at Collingwood, Ontario and renamed b.) R. BRUCE ANGUS in 1954. The ANGUS operated for...
by import2 | March 12, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1883: On 12 March 1883, the steam barge R. MC DONALD was renamed IDA M. TORRENT. 1907: G.A. TOMLINSON was launched March 12, 1907, as a) D.O. MILLS (Hull#29) at Ecorse, Michigan, by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Mesaba Steamship Co. 1910: The b.) RUTH...
by import2 | March 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1886: The tug RIVER QUEEN was sold to Ed Recor of St. Clair, Michigan on 11 March 1886. 1904: The wooden-hull Lake Erie car ferry SHENANGO NO. 1 caught fire and burned following an engine room explosion on March 11, 1904. The vessel had been frozen in the ice off...
by import2 | March 10, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1881: On 10 March 1881, the propellers MORLEY and A. L. HOPKINS were purchased by the Wabash Railroad Company from the Morley Brothers of Marine City, Michigan. 1884: The N. K. FAIRBANK (wooden freighter, 205 foot, 980 gross tons, built in 1874, at Marine City,...
