Tregurtha, also known as queen of the lakes can carry 68,000 gross tons. Choose your favorite great lakes freighter paintings from millions of available designs. Oct 28, 20 the freighter medusa challenger travels the chicago river. Historical collections of the great lakes formerly the institute for great lakes research at bowling green state university. Ap from the bridge of the coast guard cutter mackinaw, northern lake huron looks like a vast, snowcovered field dotted with ice slabs as big as boulders a battleground for how frozen are the great lakes right now. Once the great lakes freighter was tucked safely inside the lock, the gates shut behind it, an influx of water raised it 20 feet, and she was on her way into lake superior. The 634foot, selfunloading bulk freighter, buffalo, was launched in 1978 from the bay shipbuilding company of sturgeon bay, wisconsin, the seventh of 10 ships launched in the 1970s and early 1980s by the american steamship company. Wear the same watch the merchant marines are wearing on the great lakes today. All great lakes freighter paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee.
Ive always been facinate about seeing freighters on lake st. The following 127 files are in this category, out of 127 total. Shop for great lakes freighter art prints from our community of independent artists and iconic brands. Many ship names were reused after boats were sunk, scrapped or sold off and renamed. Working as a crewmember on board one of the great lakes freighters lakers is a hard but characterbuilding career. A season aboard great lakes freighters great lakes books series. Tregurtha and the alpena pass each other at the soo locks on july 3, 2018. Cargo ship travel delivers a unique experience you wont enjoy on a passenger cruise.
The great lakes freighter buffalo the lakeshore guardian. Trillium class a new class of lake freighter delivered for canada steamship lines in 2012 baie st. After 36 years, he still thinks its the most exciting job a person could hold. While lakers spend their entire lives plying only the freshwaters of the great lakes, many of them end up sailing distances that would equal circumnavigating the planet many times over. Here are tips for booking a trip on a freighter ship.
Directory of names pennant numbers and addresses of all members of the ship masters association of the great lakes by great lakes shipping and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Aug 21, 2016 from montreal to minnesota, by inland sea. Marys challenger lived up to its name by defying that assertion longer than its counterparts. Modeled after a 350 bulk carrier, our 196th semiscale model of a great lakes style freighter make a beautiful representation of the famous freighters.
Historian turns childhood interest into book on great lakes. His lifelong love affair with the great lakes shipping industry has included stints as a crew member aboard the big boats and as a maritime academy administrator. Thompson is the author of the popular steamboats and sailors of the great lakes and a sailors logbook. Great lakes bulk freighter this model is the uss united states steel william a. Lake freighter minis is a kit that fills the void for a great lakes freighter model in todays market. A 4,000mile journey along americas forgotten border. From montreal to minnesota, by inland sea the new york times. They are colored and laser printed on 100 pound cover stock paper. Check out all of the spectacular designs or make your own. The tregurtha holds the title as queen of the lakes, meaning shes the longest.
Find great lakes freighters from a vast selection of books. The same name may apply to four or even five different ships. Its a good time to watch freighters on the great lakes. Ford had one of the longest careers, having been built in 1898 as presque isle 428 ft.
Each great lakes freighter art print is produced using archival inks, ships within 48 hours, and comes with a 30day money back guarantee. This monster is the longest ship on the great lakes, according to. For the love of great lake freighters and trains home. In these regions, ships may have to wait for days to be given access to the final port, facilities are bad, you likely have to bring. The 1979 edition of know your ships was the last to be staple bound. So it seemed like a good idea to bring them all together for one video. This monster is the longest ship on the great lakes, according to george wharton on. Customize your great lakes freighter print with hundreds of different frames and mats, if desired. Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the great lakes.
Aerial views ships on the great lakes aerial photography by. Ntsb blames lake superior freighters catastrophic grounding on ships crew. This book has a lot of good shots of freighters and is very enjoyable to look at over and over. Bookmark the site and check back frequently we offer a wide variety of great lake freighter and actual merchant marine items. May 18, 2015 its a good time to be a freighter watcher. This is the first of a series of books featuring rare color photographs of great lakes ships. Ntsb blames lake superior freighters grounding on ships crew. Media concerning freighter boats lakers on the great lakes of north america. One of the best known was the ss edmund fitzgerald, the most recent and largest major vessel to be wrecked on the lakes. Thousandfoot ships of the great lakes by raymond a. This long outofprint book has been revived for a new generation. Seven new freighters have entered the great lakes trade since 2012.
Lake freighters lakers carry bulk cargoes on the great lakes in north america. Since 2005 this site has been the prototype for the digital collection management tools built for the our digital world formerly the ourontario project of knowledge ontario. The freighter medusa challenger travels the chicago river. The first in the series, algoma equinox, was launched in 20. Its something thats always interested me, watching the. This is the awesome story of the missing ghost ships of the great lakes, ships that disappeared, often in complete mystery, and were never seen again. Freighter travel is virtually the only way to travel across the caspian sea and is a very common way to travel across the black sea. After 107 years on steam, oldest laker converted to barge. Those who work aboard great lakes freighters make good money devoting months to the ships. She is the current queen of the lakes, an unofficial but widelyrecognized title given to the longest vessel. An inside look at the worlds largest inland fleet lapinski, patrick on. Unfollow great lakes freighters to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. An affordable, high quality wristwatch specially designed for oglebay norton family and friends.
This page provides live tracking of ships on northern lake michigan and lake huron. Lakers are less rigid than oceangoing freighters because they dont have to. Life on a moving skyscraper, crossing the great lakes literary hub. This book is an account of the ships that have borne the name queen of the lakes, an. At least three times, the long ship hove because bridges wouldnt go up. These great lakes freighter models, created by bob may, are extremely durable, detailed, and fun to build. Solid enough for a plane to make an emergency landing freighters frozen on lake huron.
Tregurtha is a great lakesbased bulk carrier freighter. Turning the tregurtha was no small feat as its no small ship. The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. Why the great lakes largest freighter had to make emergency 360. Freight travel involves slipping into port for only the time required to exchange one load for another. Paul and 20 whitefish bay, thunder bay and baie comeau.
First published in 1958, the salvager is both a narrative history of great lakes shipping disasters of 18801950 and the life story of captain thomas reid, who operated one of the regions largest salvage companies of that era. Freighter travel costs and questions gonomad travel. One delay was four hours as the ship sat under the raised well street bridge while tenders tried to open the franklin street span. Since the beginning of commerce on the great lakes, there has been a desire to build larger and more efficient ships culminating in 1972 with the commissioning of the first 1,000foot vessel to sail on the inland seas, the stewart j. Here is his story, of the way of life on the lakes. Patrick labadie is particularly strong on sail in the nineteenth century. Ross was 27 years old when his father, a lifetime great lakes captain. For your interest the table above is byng inlets earth reference. Alpena county public library great lakes maritime database based on the extraordinary photographic collection of c. Border publishing company, 2000 cargo ships 251 pages.
One of the best known was the ss edmund fitzgerald, the most recent and. The maritime history of the great lakes site is managed by walter lewis. See 20 monster boats of the great lakes in gorgeous photos. Great lakes bulk carriers of the twentieth century and the crews who sailed them, a book about the history of 20th century great lakes freighters. Tips for booking passage on a freighter ship travel guide. Raffle offers vacation aboard a 1,000foot great lakes freighter.
The ships will be used as drybulk lake freighters two gearless bulk freighter and three selfunloading vessel. Irvin, built in 1938, in service until the 1980s, and now a museum ship in duluth, minnesota. This category has the following 200 subcategories, out of 249 total. Between 2015 and 2017, i managed to capture footage of all thousandfoot lake carriers in the duluth, minnesota area. She is the current queen of the lakes, an unofficial but widelyrecognized title given to the longest vessel active on the great lakes. Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that ply the great lakes of north america. Pages in category great lakes freighters the following 1 pages are in this category, out of 1 total. But after 107 years, the laker was taken out of service in november 20 to be converted to a barge. Freighter travel is also possible in some smaller andor third world countries. That admiration turned into motivation to write sailing into history. Vessel traffic service watchstanders monitor water levels and the transit of about 23 freighters per day through.
Its something thats always interested me, watching the great lakes freighters at work, boles said. Rare sight, but the big boats still ply the small harbours. Most freighters only have room for a limited number of passengers, and, while you wont be bunking with the crew anymore, traveling by freighter is still enough of an alternative mode of transportation to keep regular cruise tourists standing in the buffet line. Then its back to sea en route to their next sometimes exotic destination. The location data for these ships is currently coming from a receiver at my house, but i hope to move that up to the stutsmanville repeater site sometime soon to improve coverage.
The ninth 1,000foot freighter to be built for operation on the great lakes. Jim woodard goes to sea on a regular basis aboard an ore carrier. Tregurtha, which is the longest freighter operating on the great lakes. The 562foot cement carrier sat dead in the ice water while trying to head downstream.
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