Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Marine Review (Cleveland, OH), February 1927, p. 47

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February, 1927 MARINE REVIEW 47 Toledo Shipbudaam Comma Inc. TOLEDO > 24 ee Builders of the World’s Record Cargo Ship Steamer William K. Field | 604 ft. Long, 60 ft. Beam, 32 ft. Depth. Deadweight Tonnage 12000. VER half a million tons of freight of 552,014 tons. An unprecedented ac- carried—forty six cargoes of ore and complishment! coal delivered in seven months and ae : seventeen days by the steamer William The William K. Field is owned and K. Field. operated by Reiss Steamship Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Her type of construc- This remarkable performance earned her tion permits rapid loading and discharge the title, ““Champion Freight Carrier of of cargo. This was an important the World’. During the season 1924 factor in her record breaking perform- on the Great Lakes she registered a total ance. Builders and Repairers of Ships and Engines Please mention MARINE REVIEW when writing to Advertisers

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