1824
1824: On 19 January 1824, the Welland Canal Company was incorporated to build the first Welland Canal.
1901
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 Wyandotte, Michigan, for the Gilchrist Transportation Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Renamed b.) EDWIN L. BOOTH in 1914, c.) G.N. WILSON in 1921, d.) THOMAS BRITT in 1928, and e.) BUCKEYE in 1943. She lasted until 1969, when she was scrapped in Spain.
1927
1927: January 19, 1927 – The Grand Trunk carferry MADISON was christened with a bottle of Wisconsin milk. She entered service in March of 1927.
1967
1967: PERCEUR [Built-1919 At Chantier DE Penhoet Yards St. Nazaire, France Names: MANTES 1922-1922 France, ELMBAY 1922-1945 C-150841, SIDERURGICA DOIS 1945-1956 Brazil, SIMANSUR 1956-1967 Brazil] As SIMANSUR Stranded near Barra Grande, in position 2.52.03S x 42.26W, on January 19, 1967, Belem for Chaval. Abandoned as constructive total loss, January 22, 1967
1987
1987: CLARENCE B. RANDALL, the a.) J.J. SULLIVAN of 1907, was towed to Windsor, Ontario, on January 19, 1987, for scrapping.
1998
1998: The Cypriot freighter FLARE was south of Newfoundland when it broke in two while inbound in ballast for Montreal. The stern section sank quickly. The bow drifted for several days before it too went down. Four members of the crew clung to an overturned lifeboat and were saved. The ship had been a Seaway trader as a) DORIC FLAME in 1977 and returned as b) FLAME in 1987 and as c) FLARE in 1993.
Data from: Skip Gillham, Joe Barr, Father Dowling Collection, Historical Collections of the Great Lakes, Max Hanley, Ahoy & Farewell II and the Great Lakes Ships We Remember series.
