Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 27, n. 3 (November 1973), p. 1

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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Zz) Volume 26, Noe 3 13951 Faust, Detroit, Michigan 48223 November, 1973 Photo by Dan Cornillie A New Profile for FRONTENAC ake a rather nice looking, conventional 730' straight decker like Canada Steamship Lines' FRONTENAC, built by Davie Ship- building, Ltd., Lauzon, Levis, Quee, in 1968, and add a rear- mounted self-unloading boom. That doesn't sound so bade But anchor it in a huge aluminum box about three stories high. It somewhat des— troys the symmetry. It's still no RALPH MISENER but it is no longer a thing of comparative beauty. Handsome is as handsome does and the new self-unloading mode does quite handsomely. FRONTENAC is a far cry from Wyandotte Chemicals' WYANDOTTE which started the self-unloader business not that long ago. Now WYANDOTTE and HURON are okayed to go overseas for scrape

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