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Burs THAT “NEVER ‘DIE - No. 201 Photo from the Author's Collection SIMON LANGELL (US 116091) 845 gross tons ~ 195' x 34'6" x 13'7". Oak- built at St. Clair, Mich. in 1886 by Langell Bros. for John Pringle, of St.Clair. 1887 registered to Simon Langell of St.Clair. 1889 to W. Peck, of Cleveland, Ohio. 1894 she was sold to A.H.Sinclair, of Port Huron, Mich. She was quite powerful, her envine was a fore & aft com- pound 27" x 50" x 36" built by the Globe Iron Works. When owned by Sinclair she usually towed the AR#NAC and W.K.MCOR#, and at times the INTERLAKEN, All the time Sinclair had her she was in the Kelley Is- land to Lake Superior stone trade. She carried lumber or deals down- pound. She could carry 800,000 ft. of pine. A round trip took about a month. She was sold April 10, 1918, to Langell Transportation Co., of Sarnia. Canadian #138373. Scott Meisner and John 0. McKellar) the beinning of the Meisner SS Co. By 1924, C.W.Millard, of Sarnia, own- ed her and shortly after was layed up and became derelict. She burned out Nov. 19, 1926, and sank. The hull was raised in 1927, taken out to deep water and sent to the bottom. Ralph K. Roberts oooo0oo An experimental ice boom is to be placed in the St. Mary's River this winter to determine if it can prevent blocks of ice torn loose by vessels in the extended winter season from causing dock damage and Sugar Island ferry disruption that has occurred in recent winters. The boom will be constructed by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers un- der orders from the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Winter Navigation Board.