Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), December 1923, p. 447

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December, 1923 MARINE REV PEW : 447 Capt. M. E. Broman on the bridge of the American freighter Hog Island which has been operating success- fully in foreign ‘trade. Below steamer at Alexandria, Egypt. Passing through Corinth canal, Greece. Cut through sand stone, the top width is 92 feet, bottom width 72 feet with sheer sides in places of 200 feet. Steamer Hog Island at Smyrna where she stood by to give aid to the refugees during the Turk- Greek warfare. At sides, Chief Engineer James Breen aboard ship and at Athens. Smoke from burning fmyrna obscuring S. S. Hog Island and one of her sister ships. Loading cotton at Alexandria, the S. S. Hog Island recently bringing to Boston the largest cotton cargo ever entering this country on an American ship.

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