Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 14, n. 8 (August 1965), p. 186

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August TELESCOPE 186 The coastal freighter Prince Quebec (bOt- tom photo) was towed into Rochester by ILLUSTRATIONS ON THIS PAGE Georgian Bay and beached, having developed a leaky seam. George Ayoub, who took this â€"â€"INCIDENTS 01v LAKE ONTARIO photo, notes that Prince Quebec was we " known as Conrad Marie before this year, The top photograph, by john Baseom, Jr., and " flaunted skull and bones design on shows the burning of Orient Trader in Tor- her stack, probably the handiwork of a onto Harbor (see news of July 21). gagster." ...The EDWARD L. RYERSON loaded the largest cargo of iron ore ever shipped over the 0&NW ore dock at Escanaba. The load amounted to 214,133 tons and was destined for Indiana Harbor. July 7...The SILAS BENT, first of a new class of oceanographic ships to be built for the Navy, held sea trials on Lake Erie. July 8...Expansion of Milwaukee port facilities at a cost of one million dollars was approved by the City Harbor Commission after a six month study. One new general cargo terminal will be built and two will be enlarged.

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