Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 26, n. 4 (December 1972), p. 4

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KHIPS THAT NEVER DIE-No.181 a. 4 if 1 Photo from the Author's Collection MAGGIE DUNCAN (US 92168) Wooden steamer of 535 gross tons measuring 164'5" x 31'8" x 11'7". Built at Fort Howard, Wis., by Bert Holley for John Duncan of Green Bay, Wis. She was sold in 1892 to F. Clark, of Detroit, and resold in 1894 to Sidney Neff & Son, of Milwaukee. In 1896 she was bought by H. E. Runnels, of Port Huron. In 1905 she was sold to W. H. Brigham, of Boston, Mass., and was taken to the coast. She was last listed in that year, - Ralph K. Roberts Veteran Name to Go Moore & McCormack, Inc., parent company of Moore-McCormack Lines, has announced agreement "in principle" to buy Pickands Mather & Co., from Diamond Shamrock Corp. Price is reportedly $60 million and would in- clude the P-M mining operations as well as the 14 vessels of Inter- lake Steamship Co. M&M did not disclose its plans for the P-M proper- ties but the transaction raised hopes for a service out of the Great Lakes to overseas ports, a service long ago abandoned by American flag operators as unprofitable. Maybe M&M can work out an angle.

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