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Telescope PUBLISHED BY Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle, Detroit 7, Mich. George 0. Young Editor Otto Strek Assistant Editor William A. Hoey Advisory Editor William M. Worden Gordon P. Bugbee Associate Editors Rev. Edward J. Dowling, S. J. Vessel List Editor TELESCOPE The TELESCOPE magazine is the official publication of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute. It was first published in 1952 as a sheet of announcements and meeting notices. Today it is a full-size monthly magazine, valued by members and non-members alike as a source of Great Lakes data. The TELESCOPE includes articles of Interest to almost everyone, including such subjects as history, salvage, current news, and model shipbuilding. There are three monthly features, current news section, vessel list of a Great Lakes fleet, and a blueprint of a Great Lakes ship. Subscript ion to TELESCOPE is included in the membership fee. The editors will consider articles of Great Lakes or general marine interest for publication in TELESCOPE. Such material need not be expertly written, but must be of a nature suited to the purposes of the publication. Address any such material to: The Editors, TELESCOPE Great Lakes Maritime Institute Dossin Great Lakes Museum Belle Isle. Detroit 7, Mich. LO. 7-7441 Address all other correspondence to the Coordinating Director. The editors will assume no responsibility for statements made by the authors. Supported in part by the Detroit Historical Society Printed by R. H. Davis on This Month's Issue CONTENTS Sow Now David Dow by Louden G. Wilson.............103-105 Army Corps of Engineers 106 Proclamation by Louis 6. Miriani.................107 Picture Page by Emory J. Massman, Jr............108 Curator's Corner by Robert E. Lee....................109 Blue Print-Blencairn............110-111 The Big Splash by Rev. E.J.Dowling, S.J.............112 Fleet List by Rev. E.J.Dowling,J...........113-115 Breat Lakes Marine News by Robert Radunz................116-119 COVER PICTURE The venerable CITY OF PETOSKEY passes Detroit on her way to the cutters. Photo by Carl F. Turnquist. Regular Membership.......$4 annually Contributing Membership.. $5 annually Sustaining Membership...$10 annually Life Membership..........$100 Membership by the Calendar Year Single Copies 35$