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PRINGLE BARGE LINE Wooden Freighters: D.LEUTY - 1882 ISABELLA-J.BOYCE - 188 NORMANDIE - 1894, (later MARYSVILLE ) * Oe K Kk OK At left: The tug built at Elizabeth,N.J., 1919 HOR KK KKK ROR RR RR KR KOK OR ROR RR OK KR ROK KOK KR KOK OK KK OK SHIPS THAT HURONIC - steel single screw passenger and freight NEVER DIE vessel, built in 1901 by the Collingwood Shipbuilding (#11) Co. for the Northern Navigation Co. She had two masts and one stack. Made first trip, May 24, 1902. On the night of November 2lst in her first season, while upbound, she passed the ill-fated BANNOCKBURN. This was the last time the BANNOCKBURN was ever seen. The success enjoyed by the HURONIC brought popular- ity to the N.N.Co. service which resulted in the addition of the HAMONIC in 1908 and the NORONIC in 1913. Though eclipsed in size and speed by her newer sisters, she was never to be outdone in popularity. And it is an ironic coincidence that the HURONIC has been spared disaster to outlive the other two. In her 48 years of service, she had only one serious accident, when she slid up on the shelving shore of Isle Royale during a fog in 1929. About ten years ago the vessel was withdrawn from passenger service, and some of her super- structure removed, and she has since been used only for package freight. Recent unconfirmed rumors indicate she may be scrapped soon. The HURONIC Above: A print from a painting, taken from an old Northern Nav- igation Co.time- table. At left: A photo of the vessel, taken before the upper deck was removed. Young Photo. *)