by import2 | March 12, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The b.) RUTH HINDMAN was launched March 12, 1910, as a.) NORWAY (Hull#115) at Toledo, Ohio by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., for the United States Transportation Co. She was scrapped at Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1978. G.A. TOMLINSON was launched March 12, 1907, as a) D.O....
by import2 | March 11, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The keel was laid March 11, 1976, for the 660-foot-long forward section of the BELLE RIVER (Hull#716) at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. Renamed b.) WALTER J. McCARTHY JR in 1990. L’AIGLE was launched March 11, 1982, as a.) ERRIA PILOT...
by import2 | March 10, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
CHARLES E. WILSON (Hull#710) was launched March 10, 1973, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp., for American Steamship Co. Renamed b.) JOHN J. BOLAND in 2000. The ADAM E. CORNELIUS, built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull#53) in 1908, was...
by import2 | March 9, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1905, the JAMES C. WALLACE (Hull#334) of the Acme Steamship Co., (A.B. Wolvin, mgr.), was launched at Lorain, Ohio, by American Ship Building Co. Purchased by the Interlake Steamship Co. in 1913, she was scrapped at Genoa, Italy in 1963. On 09 March 1933, all nine...
by import2 | March 8, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
EUGENE P. THOMAS (Hull#184) was launched March 8, 1930, at Toledo, Ohio by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. March 8, 1910 – A fire from unknown causes destroyed the ANN ARBOR NO. 1 of 1892. The hull was sold to Love Construction Co., of...
by import2 | March 7, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
ALGOSOO suffered a serious fire at her winter mooring on the west wall above Lock 8, at Port Colborne, Ontario on March 7, 1986, when a conveyor belt ignited, possibly caused by welding operations in the vicinity. The blaze spread to the stern gutting the aft...
