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SHIPS THAT NEVER DIE (#80) LAWRENCE - Wooden passenger and freight propellor, built at Cleveland in 1868 for the Nor- Oo thern Transportation Company for service between Ogdensburg & ry Chicago. (See re Vag Hl Vol 7, nos 9 & 10). = is 4 Original dimensions a ri wih in Ww were those allowed ¥s Seen) by the locks of the second Welland Canal 135 x 26. 447 gress tons. White hull and cabins trimmed in green. Black stack with white top, and * ” one tall spar for- Photo by the late Mr.A."Commodore” Petertyl, courtesy of ward, rigged with a our fellow member, Leslie Petertyl of Traverse City. ’ fore and aft sail. When the Northern Transportation Co. went out of business in the early Eighties, Lawrence was sold to the Northern Michigan Transporta- tion Co. of Chicago. The same colors were kept by the new owners (. see above). When Northern Michigan and Seymour Lines were mencea in 1895, LAWRENCE was disposed of, and operated for many years between Chicago and lower Michigan ports in the fruit and passenger bgsiness. Around 1900 she was rebuilt and lengthened by 34 feet and renamed FRONTENAC. About 1910 she was cut down to a steam barge and renamed H.N.JEX, under which name she carried many cargoes of coal from Lake Erie ports to Detroit and the St.Clair River communities. | in 1915 she was sold Canadian and continued in the coarse freight trade unt: she foundered in a storm of Long Point in 1921. KR KK RRR KR KK RK OK KR RR KR RK KK RK KKK RK KR ROR KR KK ROK THE "LAKERS" OF WORLD WAR I, Continued from page 3: LAKE FARABEE, Cleveland. Abandoned, 1932. LAKE FARBER, Cleveland, later COMMERCIAL NAVIGATOR, CHAPIEU. LAKE FARE » Waandotte. Scrapped, 1927. LAKE FARGE, Cleveland. Later Ford barge. Scrapped, 1953. LAKE FARIBAULT, Cleveland, later GRAZIA TURZO, ALEXANDRIA, GRAZIA TURZO. Sacapped, i932. LAKE FARISTELL, Cleveland, later KING (rckse Fleet"), MALENA, EUGENIA. TARe FARISTON, Cleveland. Later BARACOA LAKE FARLEY, Glevelana, later BURIAT. LAKE FARLIN, Superior. Scrapped, 1927. LAKE FARMINGDALE, Superior, later FLORENCE D. LAKE FARRAGUT, Superior. Scrapped, 1929. LAKE FARRAR, Superior, later NISSHO MARU, ae MARU. LAKE FAULK, Lorain, later HELEN C., EUZKADI, SOUTHERN TRADER, ATLANTIC GULF. LAKE FAVONIA, , Lorain, later ZIRYANIN. LAKE FAXON, Lorain, LAKE FEAR, Saginaw. Scrapped, oan LAKE FELDON, Lorain, later BLIZAB TH RIVER, et J.SALMAN* Lost by enemy action, cabiunean, 5-18-42 LAKE FELLOWSHIP, Are Te later HENRY C ee CALIFORNIA STATE, GOLDEN re) ISLE OF PATMOS, SANTA Sta LAKE FELTON, Lorain, "later FRANKLIN COUNTY. ivsnlonel, 1931. LAKE FENN, Lorain, later CHARLES NELSON LAKE FEODORA, Lorain, later SAGAMORE. Stranded, Prout's Neck, Me.,1-14-3h. LAKE FERGUS, Lorain, later INDIANA HARBOR, SANTA CRUZ CEMENT. (To be continued)