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In a five-hour period on July lst, the 1,000-footers STEWART J. CORT, PRESQUE ISLE |. the loc ee | and MESABI MINER and the 858-foot ROGER BLOUGH transitted the Poe Lock. * The Cana- dian lock at the Soo will be permanently { closed at the conclusion of the 1982 sea- son. The Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Authority cites the 82-year-old lock as being too shallow and narrow 'to be of great commercial value.' * Columbia's W. C. RICH- ARDSON a.) WAINWRIGHT, long idle at Cleveland has been moved to Toledo primarily for her deck-mounted cranes. * Davie Shipbuilding, Lauzon launched the bow section for CARTIERCLIFFE HALL a.) RUHR ORE, on August 12th. * Two earlier-announced sales of Canadian tankers have failed to be evidenced. Hall's FROBISHER TRANSPORT a.) AL- AU SYD, b.) AXEL HEIBERG, to have gone to Shell, continues operation in Hall colors. Imperial Oil's IMPERIAL LONDON, sold last year to Marine Salvage, rests at the Ram- ey's Bend scrapyard, her sale to Honduran interests for Caribbean service having fallen through. * The two vessels comprising Upper Lakes Shipping's salt water fleet are laid up at Tampa, Fla. CANADIAN TRANSPORT has been there since April; the CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDER arrived August llth. * The partially-scrapped hull of the former Roen barge SOLVEIG a.) L.S.T. 1006, remains at Kewaunee. She appears to have been untouched this past year. * The tug PRESQUE ISLE power section of Litton's 1,000-footer, was on the dry dock at Port Weller Shipyards on August 25th for re- pairs incurred following her encounter with the breakwater at Gary earlier in the season. * Two more Lake vessels have been contracted for the American fleet, acc- ording to unconfirmed sources. The first involves Fraser Shipyards, Superior, which has an order for a 600-foot cement carrier. The second unit, a 'river-class' 630-footer, is said to be on Bay Shipbuilding's docket at Sturgeon Bay for U.S. Steel's Bradley fleet. * The ore miners' strike has substantially reduced the num- ber of American-flag carriers in service. As of September lst, only 11 of the 22 units of U.S. Steel's fleet were in commission with the four largest boats (BLOUGH, ANDERSON, CALLAWAY and CLARKE) due for layup sometime during September. The fleet's four 'Supers' (FAIRLESS, FERBERT, FRASER and VOORHEES) have been in the Seaway trade carrying wheat east, and ore west. The fifth 'Super' (OLDS) is laid up at Lor- ain following bottom repairs needed after her grounding at the Soo in June. The six remaining coal-burning steamers which fitted out for the fleet this season (AFFLECK, HATFIELD, HULST, IRVIN, JOHNSON and LINDABURY) have been given complete layup and will not resume service this year. A late unconfirmed report has RICHARD V. LINDA- BURY sold to Kinsman. The 'Tin-stacker' THOMAS W. LAMONT delivered ore to Ford's Rouge facility on July 30th, the first such transit in a U.S. Steel boat in many years. * American Steamship's BELLE RIVER, the Lakes' fifth 1,000-footer, passed the Soo upbound on September lst on her maiden voyage. She docked at Detroit Edi- son's St. Clair power plant September 6th with her initial cargo of Montana coal. * The Bob-Lo excursion steamer COLUMBIA, concluding her 76th year of operation, car- ried over 1,300 passengers from Detroit to Port Huron and return on Labor Day. Or- iginal whistles from the famed TASHMOO and tanker RENOWN b.) BEAUMONT PARKS, c.) MERCURY (ii) were sounded in salute abreast the River Crab restaurant above St. Clair, Michigan. William J. Luke, Editor Marine Historical Society of Detroit, Inc. 1977-1978 Officers President Russ Parkinson, 14725 Dogwood, Plymouth, Michigan 48170 Vice-Pres. Karl F. Schroeder, M.D., 19477 Light House Pte., Grosse Ile, Mi 48138 Secretary R. Warren Mc Nab, 8337 Glengary, Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138 Treasurer Leonard Barr II, 1367 Hollywood, Grosse Pointe Wds., Mi 48236 Archivist Dr. Richard J. Wright, Northwest Ohio-Great Lakes Research Center, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403 Pub. Manager Fr. Ray Donahue, 1103 Washington, Algonac, Michigan 48001 Editor Fr. Pete Van der Linden, 4190 Green Dr., Harsens Island, MI 48028 a