by import2 | August 1, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1862, UNION (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 163 foot, 434 ton, built in 1861, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) was sold by the Goodrich Line to James H. Mead and J. F. Kirkland for $28,000. This was $9,000 more than Goodrich had paid to have the vessel...
by import2 | July 31, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1948, in a total elapsed time of 19 hours, the JAMES DAVIDSON of the Tomlinson fleet unloaded 13,545 tons of coal at the Berwind Dock in Duluth and loaded 14,826 tons of ore at the Allouez Dock in Superior. On this day in 1955, Al A. Wolf, the first...
by import2 | July 30, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
This News Page on the BoatNerd site was launched in 1996. July 30, 1996 – CSL’s self-unloader H.M. GRIFFITH, which was off Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior, and bound for Nanticoke, Ontario, with a load of 22,775 tons of western coal, had a spontaneous...
by import2 | July 29, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
OTTERCLIFFE HALL cleared Lauzon, Quebec, July 29, 1969 on her maiden voyage as the last “straight deck” Great Lakes bulk freighter built with a pilothouse forward. While at the Manitowoc Ship Building Co. for general repairs and engine overhaul, the CITY...
by import2 | July 28, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 28, 1973, the ROGER M. KYES (Hull#200) was christened at Toledo, Ohio by American Ship Building Co. by Mrs. Roger Kyes for the American Steamship Co. Renamed b.) ADAM E. CORNELIUS in 1989. B.A. PEERLESS (Hull#148) was launched July 28, 1952, at Collingwood,...
by import2 | July 27, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 27 July 1884, ALBERTA (steel propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 264 foot, 2,282 gross tons, built in 1883, at Whiteinch, Scotland, by C. Connell & Co.) collided in fog six miles north north west of Whitefish Point on Lake Superior with the JOHN M....
