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PHOTOGRAPHS 0N OPPOSITE PAGE: Lake Fossil (top) is shown laid up near Orange, Texas, nosed into the stern of another ship. Photo from author's col- lection. She was later one of the many Iakers scrapped by Ford at Dearborn. These included Lake Frenchton (middle) and Lake Fondulac (bottom). Photos courtesy of David T. Glick- Lake Fondu- lac appears on the Detroit River in 1926 in tow of the Ford tug Ballcamp. TELESCOPE Septembe r 197 Pliol'OCERAI'HS ON TIXIS PA<3E= AbOVe is Lake Fonda, being scrapped by Ford at Dearborn. Photo courtesy of David T. Glick. Lake Flag, however, is one of many lakers that survived Ford's purge of Iakers for further service until recent years. Photo from author's coll.