by import2 | March 11, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1886 1886: The tug RIVER QUEEN was sold to Ed Recor of St. Clair, Michigan on 11 March 1886. 1904 1904: The wooden-hull Lake Erie car ferry SHENANGO NO. 1 caught fire and burned following an engine room explosion on March 11, 1904. The vessel had been frozen in the...
by import2 | March 10, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1881 1881: On 10 March 1881, the propellers MORLEY and A. L. HOPKINS were purchased by the Wabash Railroad Company from the Morley Brothers of Marine City, Michigan. 1884 1884: The N. K. FAIRBANK (wooden freighter, 205 foot, 980 gross tons, built in 1874, at Marine...
by import2 | March 9, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1858 1858: On 9 March 1858, the propeller ferry GLOBE was being loaded with cattle at the Third Street dock at Detroit, Michigan. In the rush to get aboard, the cattle caused the vessel to capsize. All of the cattle swam ashore, although some swam across the river to...
by import2 | March 8, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1882 1882: On 8 March 1882, the tug WINSLOW left Manistee to tow the NORTHERN QUEEN to Marine City for repairs. NORTHERN QUEEN had collided with LAKE ERIE the previous autumn and then sank while trying to enter Manistique harbor. Robert Holland purchased the wreck of...
by import2 | March 7, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 1874: On 7 March 1874, the wooden tug JOHN OWEN (Hull#28) was launched at Wyandotte, Michigan, by the Detroit Dry Dock Company for J. E. Owen of Detroit, Michigan. 1892 1892: ANN ARBOR NO 1 (wooden propeller carferry, 260 foot, 1,128 gross tons, built in 1892,...
by import2 | March 6, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: At noon on 6 March 1873, the steam railroad carferry SAGINAW was launched at the Port Huron Dry Dock Co. She did not get off the ways at first and had to be hauled off by the tug KATE MOFFAT. She was built for use between Port Huron and Sarnia. 1892 1892: ...
