Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Telescope, v. 19, n. 4 (July - August 1970), p. 99

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JULY AUGUST, 1970 Page 99 A. A. HUDSON at Port Dalhousie major change ence B. She was in service between Bahamas and Panama as early as 1968. The Berwyn (a; Bert Reinauer, b; Providence Socony, c; Sinclair Milwaukee) was owned by Brooks Liq- uid Transit. After being laid up at Houston she was sold to the Golden Falcon Corporation of Panama and renamed Falcon. ihe Corpus Chyrsiy Ca; Honace..o. Wilkinson, b; Belgium, c; Texaco Michigan, d; Michigan) ran into difficulty trying to clear the lakes as e; Trina in 1964. She has not fared much better on salt water. Auctioned to satisfy debts and later laid up at Channelview, Texas for a short period, last reports now have her reduced to a barge and owned by the Pullman Bank and Trust Company. Two vessels were converted to use as acid tankers. Daniel Pierce, Ga. EW Sineliatn, pb Dance) Pilencer c; Shileliamy) was sold to the Pan- ama-Florida Shipping Line, Inc., in in profile evident. in September, 1965, a Photo; Author's Collection 1964 and left the lakes via the Mississippi. She arrived in Guancia, Puerto Rico, in 1965 with a leaking cargo of sulphuric acid and was beached, declared a total loss, and later condemned. The Abocol (a; Jul- ius H. Barnes) was also reported converted for Bomar Marine, but little is known concerning her ser- vice. Several tankers are now apparently iin SQrwieS As Ckaerieies| Cie wie@slol water. The Oil Transport (a; Trans- Oil, b; Oil Transporter) (see TELE- scope, Vol. 17; No.4) left the lakes in 1968 after being laid up at Port Dalhousie and she entered service as Wit. In 1969, Congar (a; Redhead, bea Bilae: Gross, ¢c: Lake Transpoyes) entered this trade as Ong. It has been reported that Coastal Cliff (a; Bruce Hudson) and Transtream (a; Transiter)willenter this trade after several years of idleness in the Montreal region. It is under-

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