by import2 | January 19, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1824: On 19 January 1824, the Welland Canal Company was incorporated to build the first Welland Canal. 1901: DAVID M. WHITNEY (steel propeller freighter, 412 foot, 4,626 gross tons) was launched on 19 January 1901, by the Detroit Ship Building Company (Hull #138) in...
by import2 | January 18, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1906: The National Steamship Co. was incorporated January 18, 1906. 1925: JOHN RUGEE, a wooden steamer in the George Hall Coal Co. fleet, was destroyed by a fire while spending the winter at Ogdensburg. 1938: The passenger ship WAUBIC was damaged by a fire at...
by import2 | January 17, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
.1899: On 17 January 1899, the GERMANIA (wooden propeller freighter, 136 foot, 237 gross tons, built in 1875, at Marine City, Michigan) caught fire and burned to the water’s edge at Ecorse, Michigan. The previous day, Norman Reno of Ecorse did some painting...
by import2 | January 16, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873: On 15 January 1873, A. Muir began building a wooden 3-mast schooner (“full sized canaller”) at his shipyard in Port Huron. Fourteen men were employed to work on her, including master builder James Perry. The schooner was to be the exact counterpart...
by import2 | January 15, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: On 15 January 1873, A. Muir began building a wooden 3-mast schooner (“full sized canaller”) at his shipyard in Port Huron. Fourteen men were employed to work on her, including master builder James Perry. The schooner was to be the exact...
by import2 | January 14, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1920: January 14, 1920 – The Grand Trunk carferry GRAND HAVEN was fast in the ice three miles out of Grand Haven. 1945: On 14 January 1945, the W. Butler Shipyard built C1-M-AV1 ship LEBANON (Hull#40) was the last vessel through the Soo Locks. Ice was a...
