Much the worse for wear, HIBOU surfaces from the depths of Georgian Bay in October, 1942.
Much the worse for wear, HIBOU surfaces from the depths of Georgian Bay in October, 1942.
Photograph of TURRET CHIEF during 1914 salvage operations not only shows how close she was to the shore of Keweenaw Point, but also illustrates the narrowness of her upper deck and the width of the harbour deck.
Photograph of TURRET CHIEF during 1914 salvage operations not only shows how close she was to the shore of Keweenaw Point, but also illustrates the narrowness of her upper deck ...
Photograph of CORNWALL assisting the steamer ROCK FERRY aground at Main Duck Island
Photograph of CORNWALL assisting the steamer ROCK FERRY aground at Main Duck Island
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 6 Nov 1861, p. 4 THE PROPELLER BUFFALO.--The propeller Buffalo, of which we have had occasion to notice during the past week as being aground at the head of Fighting Island in the river below, has been finally liberated.The services of steam tugs proving of little or no avail the marine boxes of the Messrs. ...
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI), 6 Nov 1861, p. 4 THE PROPELLER BUFFALO.--The propeller Buffalo, of which we have had occasion to notice during the past week as being aground at the head of Fighting Island in the river below, ...
Baileys Harbor The tug Truscott, which was scuttled to save her from being shoved ashore about two weeks ago is being raised by Capt. John Brann. The work has progressed so far that the decks are now above water. Nels Nelson, of Sawyer, has been hired to do the repair ...
Baileys Harbor The tug Truscott, which was scuttled to save her from being shoved ashore about two weeks ago is being raised by Capt. John Brann. The work has progressed ...
Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 30 Apr 1898, p. 1, column 1 To Raise the Barge masten.
An effort will be made by the wrecking tug Wright, of this port, to raise the barge Joseph G. Masten at Twin River Pt. The Masten lies submerged, her bow in 14 ft, of water her stern in 12 1/2 ft. She lies heading north; ...
Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 30 Apr 1898, p. 1, column 1 To Raise the Barge masten.
An effort will be made by the wrecking tug Wright, of this port, to raise the barge Joseph G. Masten at Twin River Pt. The ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 17 Feb 1912, p. 5 Lightship Rests On Even Keel at Last
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Sunken Boat Partially Righted After Long Battle in Water
_______As a result of thismorninb's pumping operations on the sunken lightship Milwaukee, No. 95, at the Racine Boat Manufacturing company's west wharf, the ship ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 17 Feb 1912, p. 5 Lightship Rests On Even Keel at Last
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Sunken Boat Partially Righted After Long Battle in Water
_______As a result of thismorninb's pumping operations on the sunken lightship Milwaukee, ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 19 Feb 1912, p. 1 Lightship, Raised 10 Feet From Water At Stern, Again Settles to Bed of Lake
After the stern of the sunken lightship Milwaukee No. 95, at the Racine Boat Manufacturing company's west dock, had been raised out of water about ten feet this morning by assiduous pumping, and the pumps ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 19 Feb 1912, p. 1 Lightship, Raised 10 Feet From Water At Stern, Again Settles to Bed of Lake
After the stern of the sunken lightship Milwaukee No. 95, at the Racine Boat Manufacturing company's ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 20 Feb 1912, p. 1 Lightship Afloat at Last; Crowd Cheers
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Hundreds See Successful Culmination of Over Week of Effort.
_______After over a week's effort in trying to raise the sunken lightship, Milwaukee No. 95, which went down in a storm at the Racine Boat Manufacturing ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 20 Feb 1912, p. 1 Lightship Afloat at Last; Crowd Cheers
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Hundreds See Successful Culmination of Over Week of Effort.
_______After over a week's effort in trying to raise the sunken lightship, Milwaukee ...
Our Inland Marine. The Advocate is in receipt of a lengthy communication from Capt. A. G. Brown of Milwaukee who was master as well as owner of the scow L. May Gutherie, which stranded on Fisherman's shoal on the morning of Sept. 27, in which he expresses his gratitude to ...
Our Inland Marine. The Advocate is in receipt of a lengthy communication from Capt. A. G. Brown of Milwaukee who was master as well as owner of the scow L. ...
Toronto World (Toronto, ON), 15 Jul 1914, p. 11 Steamer Turret Chief Is Pulled off Rocks
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Canadian Press DespatchCALUMET, Mich., July 14.--After many weeks of effort, Captain Alexander Cunning and his crew of wreckers have succeeded in releasing the Canadian seamer ...
Toronto World (Toronto, ON), 15 Jul 1914, p. 11 Steamer Turret Chief Is Pulled off Rocks
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Canadian Press DespatchCALUMET, Mich., July 14.--After many weeks of effort, Captain Alexander Cunning and his crew of wreckers have ...
Sturgeon Bay Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 18 Jun 1914, p. 2, column 3 BARGE HALSTED RELEASED.
The barge Halsted, which was on the beach at Washington Harbor, was re leased and brought here Sunday.
The Halsted was driven on the beach during the storm of November last and was given up as a total loss, having been raised high and dry by ...
Sturgeon Bay Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 18 Jun 1914, p. 2, column 3 BARGE HALSTED RELEASED.
The barge Halsted, which was on the beach at Washington Harbor, was re leased and brought here Sunday.
The Halsted was driven on the beach during the ...
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 8 Jul 1915, p. 14 Buckley is Released
DETROIT, July 7.--Steamer Edward Buckley was released from the beach at Colchester, Ont., by the tug Leroy Brooks and Capt. F. J. Trotter of Amherstburg, Tuesday night, after lightering between 80,000 and 90,000 feet of her deck load of maple on the barge City ...
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 8 Jul 1915, p. 14 Buckley is Released
DETROIT, July 7.--Steamer Edward Buckley was released from the beach at Colchester, Ont., by the tug Leroy Brooks and Capt. F. J. Trotter of Amherstburg, Tuesday night, ...
Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 18 Nov 1913, p. 7 SCHOONMAKE RELEASED
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont., Nov. 17.-- The wireless station here reports that the big freighter Schoonmaker, which ran ashore off Mission river, has been released by tugs. She was only slightly damaged.
...Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 18 Nov 1913, p. 7 SCHOONMAKE RELEASED
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont., Nov. 17.-- The wireless station here reports that the big freighter Schoonmaker, which ran ashore off Mission river, has been released by tugs. She ...
A photograph of the tugboat RESCUE, a second tug and a barge anchored in a bay or river. There were three late nineteenth century tugs named RESCUE. This one has ownership markings on the bow that appear to reference "Deseronto". A 62 foot tug was built in Deseronto in 1885 ...
A photograph of the tugboat RESCUE, a second tug and a barge anchored in a bay or river. There were three late nineteenth century tugs named RESCUE. This one has ...
Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 12 Nov 1898, p. 1, column 1 The Steamer Rand Disabled
The disabled steamer Rand was towed into port Monday afternoon by the steamer Edward Buckley. The Rand was lumber laden from Ludington to St. Joseph. When twenty miles off Grand Haven Monday morning her engine was disabled by a broken piston rod. The ...
Door County Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, WI), 12 Nov 1898, p. 1, column 1 The Steamer Rand Disabled
The disabled steamer Rand was towed into port Monday afternoon by the steamer Edward Buckley. The Rand was lumber laden from Ludington to St. Joseph. When ...
"Wrecking Scene on Lake Michigan. Propeller Keystone and consort J. G. Masten, ashore on Twin River Point, near Two Rivers, Wis. A wrecking tug of Sturgeon Bay released the propeller promptly. The schooner slid off into deep water, foundering very quickly."
"Wrecking Scene on Lake Michigan. Propeller Keystone and consort J. G. Masten, ashore on Twin River Point, near Two Rivers, Wis. A wrecking tug of Sturgeon Bay released the propeller ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 2 Feb 1912, p. 1 Raising Sunken Lightship in Midwinter Slow, Dangerous Job
_______Raising a sunken vessel in mid-winter, and that too in the coldest winter that Muskegon has experienced in at least 41 years of its history, according to weather bureau records, is the unique operation that ...
Muskegon News Chronicle, 2 Feb 1912, p. 1 Raising Sunken Lightship in Midwinter Slow, Dangerous Job
_______Raising a sunken vessel in mid-winter, and that too in the coldest winter that Muskegon has experienced in at least 41 ...
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 4 Jul 1914, p. 11 Recovers Vessel Lost Last Fall
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Capt. Cunning Floats Steamer Turret Chief From Keweenaw Point.
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Capt. Alex Cunning, wrecking master in charge of the steamer Favorite, yesterday released the steamer Turret Chief from the beach at Copper ...Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 4 Jul 1914, p. 11 Recovers Vessel Lost Last Fall
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Capt. Cunning Floats Steamer Turret Chief From Keweenaw Point.
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Capt. Alex Cunning, wrecking master in charge of the steamer Favorite, yesterday ...Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 14 Nov 1913, p. 2 HOPE TO SAVE WRECKED TOMLINSON FREIGHTER.
Reports from the Soo last night said that work on the steamer Fred G. Hartwell of the Tomlinson line, Duluth, was proceeding as fast as the weather permitted. Ore is being thrown overboard, and the lighters expect to float it ...
Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, MN), 14 Nov 1913, p. 2 HOPE TO SAVE WRECKED TOMLINSON FREIGHTER.
Reports from the Soo last night said that work on the steamer Fred G. Hartwell of the Tomlinson line, Duluth, was proceeding as fast ...