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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 22, No. 3 November, 1968 CANADIAN PROGRESS (Can. 328735) Photo by Robert W. Walton BUILT BY Port Weller Dry Docks, Ltd., (HULL 48) to the order of Upper Lakes Shipping, Ltd. Keel laying took place June 5, 1967, and the com- pleted vessel was commissioned July 27, 1968. Principal dimensions are as follows: Length (OA) 730', beam 75', depth 46'6", gross tonnage 21,436, net tonnage 16,608. besigned for the coal trade between ports on Lake Erie and Ontario Hydro stations on Lake Ontario, she is the largest deadweight carrying self-unloader on the Great Lakes. Cargo is discharged at the rate of 4,500 tons per hour over a 250' boom. The complete unloading system can be controlled from a deck position. Pro- pulsion system consists of two 4,000-hp Ruston & Hornsby diesel en- gines turning a four-bladed, variable-pitch propeller. Control of the propeller is available either from the wheelhouse or the engineroom. A 1,000-hp bowthruster has been fitted to aid control of the vessel in confined areas. Paul Sherlock