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The Log (Continued) and the former Inland Steel steamer CLARENCE B. RANDALL, partially dismantled at Milwaukee, early this year, it was not solely with the idea that both be used as grain storage barges. The WIDENER was towed down through the Soo on October 5th behind the "G" tug OHIO, following certain re-fit at Fraser Shipyards in Superior. < The former "Pittsburgher" was spotted loading grain at Zilwaukee on October 11th and was downbound at Detroit on the 28th, her pilot-house shutters off, behind OHIO, assisted by Seaway Towing Company's tug STE. MARIE II, enroute to Sorel where her cargo will be unloaded. She will be returned to load a Winter grain storage cargo, possibly at Zilwaukee. ** Additional early lay-ups in the American fleets continue, with Columbia's ARMCO at the wall in October. U.S. Steel's steamers BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS, IRVING S. OLDS and ENDERS M. VOORHEES have been loaded with storage grain at Duluth, to be delivered down the Seaway in the Spring. The recently-idled Tin-Stackers CASON J. CALLAWAY and PHILIP R. CLARKE are said to be receiving re-fit. Other recent re-entries into active service are Boco's JOHN J. BOLAND, ROGER M. KYES and CHARLES E, WILSON, Columbia's WILLIAM R. ROESCH and Inland's E. J. BLOCK. ** Since the Toronto-based steam ferry TRILLIUM was restored in 1976, her activity has been confined principally to charter-only service there. A new dock is being con- structed on Toronto's Center Island to accommodate the 70-year-old sidewheeler. ** In the August "Log", we reported the collision of Halco's steamer LAWRENCECLIFFE HALL with the bridge near Valleyfield, Quebec on July 21st, citing damage to the bridge structure at $2 million. For the record, it now appears that repairs may run as high as $200 million. The 730-foot motorship cleared the Canadian Vickers shipyard at Montreal on September 25th, following extensive bow repairs, which were undertaken there on August 12th. ** At 12:10 p.m., on October 7th, Collingwood Shipyards launched Algoma Central Marine's 730-foot motorship ALGOWOOD, named to honor her owner and the shipyard city, the site of building of numerous other Algoma vessels in recent memory. There are several unusual aspects to this recent launch, which your "Log" Editor feels are worthy of comment. At 11:00 p.m., on the 3rd, a fire broke out in the wooden side launching ways beneath the new vessel's stern section. Alert local fire department personnel had the fire extinguished by 12:30 a.m. The actual launch WG of ALGOWOOD was to have begun at 11:30 a.m. on the 7th, however, was delayed by some 40 minutes for reasons yet undisclosed. When actual launch began, the new boat's bow appeared to move ahead of the stern portion, possibly a clue to problems in the stern ways. When the hull began its drop off the ways and into the narrow launch slip, a resounding, loud report was heared in the stern ways, later confirmed by visual evidence of heavy damage to the massive launch timbers. Damage was also afflicted to the concrete sill at the launchway's stern area, further evidence of problems encountered in this massive move of weight from land to water. At the forward end of the launch scene, there were problems too, as the traditional bottle of champagne failed to break on the new vessel's bow in both the first and second attempts, crashing to the ground when a third try saw the bottle's tether part. The launch party returned to the scene, after luncheon ceremonies, to finally succeed in putting the champagne across the bow of Algoma's newest entry. The ALGOWOOD launching was the first to be witnessed by the recently-formed "Great Lakes Society for the Perservation of Side Ship Launchings", also known as TGLSFTPOSSL. We trust there is no connection between the group's attendance of the launch and its rather awkward execution. Orders for five additional 730-footers are presently on the books at Collingwood Shipyards, with two additional hulls in tenative status as HULL #227 and HULL #228, both for CSL. The first is a straight-decker set for April, 1984 delivery, the second a self-unloader for April 1985 completion. Formal confirmation of these two new vessel orders at Collingwood awaits further Federal directives covering vessel construction subsidies. 1982 CALENDAR More members have submitted photos for the 1982 calendar. We would prefer your om “@ photographs rather than those of other photographers you have collected. Please do not send parts of your collection. Any photos we use in the calendar cannot be returned. Unused ones will be returned. Don't forget the deadline - March 1, 1981. 26 =