by import2 | January 31, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1903: MANZZUTTI was launched January 31, 1903, as a.) J S KEEFE (Hull#203) at Buffalo, New York by the Buffalo Dry Dock Co. 1917: DUNDEE, which left the Great Lakes in 1915 after service in several fleets including Canada Steamship Lines, was torpedoed and sunk by...
by import2 | January 30, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1881: On 30 January 1881, ST. ALBANS (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 135 foot, 435 tons, built in 1869, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying general merchandise, flour, cattle and 22 passengers in Lake Michigan. She rammed a cake of ice that filled...
by import2 | January 29, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1910 1910: BUCKEYE was launched January 29, 1910, as the straight decker a.) LEONARD B MILLER (Hull # 447) at Cleveland, Ohio by the American Ship Building Co. 1910: JOHN P. REISS (Hull # 377) was also launched this date in 1910, at Lorain, Ohio, by American Ship...
by import2 | January 28, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1879: At 4 a.m. on 28 January 1879, the ferry SARNIA was discovered on fire while lying at Fitzgerald’s yard in Port Huron. All of the cabins were destroyed although the fire department had the fire out within an hour. About $3,000 damage was done. She was in...
by import2 | January 27, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1893: On 27 January 1893, Charles Lonsby and Louis Wolf purchased the 161- foot wooden steam barge THOMAS D. STIMSON for $28,000. The vessel was built in 1881, by W. J. Daley & Sons at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, as a schooner and was originally named VIRGINIUS. She...
by import2 | January 26, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1898: On 26 January 1898, the CITY OF DULUTH (wooden passenger/package freight vessel, 202 foot, 1,310 gross tons, built in 1874, at Marine City, Michigan, as a passenger vessel) was carrying passengers, corn, flour and general merchandise from Chicago to St. Joseph,...
