by import2 | January 13, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1909: January 13, 1909 – The PERE MARQUETTE 17 was freed after her grounding the previous December. 1918: On 13 January 1918, the Goodrich Line’s ALABAMA and the Grand Trunk ferries MILWAUKEE and GRAND HAVEN all became stuck in the ice off Grand Haven,...
by import2 | January 12, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1892: The wooden steam barge O.O. CARPENTER (127.5 foot, 364 gross tons) was sold by the Jenks Shipbuilding Company on 12 January 1892, to Mr. H. E. Runnels and Capt. Sinclair for $26,000. The vessel had been launched at Jenks yard on 13 May 1891. a) 1905 became the...
by import2 | January 11, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1883 1883: On 11 January 1883, The Port Huron Times reported that a citizens’ committee met to help Port Huron businesses. “A. N. Moffat decried the taxation of vessel property. High taxation of vessel property had driven much of it away from Port Huron....
by import2 | January 10, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1898: On 10 January 1898, Alexander Anderson of Marine City was awarded a contract to build a wooden steamer for A. F. Price of Freemont, Ohio, Isaac Lincoln of Dakota, and Capt. Peter Ekhert of Port Huron, Michigan. The vessel was to be named ISAAC LINCOLN and was...
by import2 | January 9, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1973: On this day in 1973, the CHARLES M. BEEGHLY was the latest running Interlake vessel when she entered winter layup at Toledo, Ohio. 1974: A combination of wind and ice forced the beset BENSON FORD, of 1924, from the shipping channel in Western Lake Erie,...
by import2 | January 8, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1877: On 8 January 1877, the tug KATE FELCHER burned at East Saginaw, Michigan. Her loss was valued at $3,000, but she was insured for only $2,000. She was named after the wife of her owner, the well-known Capt. James Felcher of East Saginaw. 1938: JOHN HULST...
