Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 41, n. 3 (November 1987), p. 1

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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 41, No. 3 - November 1987 Published Monthly Annual Dues $15.00 Rev. Peter Vander Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 Bob Zeleznik, Secretary - Membership - Changes - 877 University - Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230 BOLAND & CORNELIUS UPDATE from 1957 to Present HARRIS N. SNYDER Editor's Photo Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 204563) built in 1907 at Ecorse, Michigan as a.) JOHN J. BOLAND by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #31); 500 x 54 x 30; 6,035 gross tons. Converted to a self- unloader and lengthened at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, Ohio in 1926. Renamed b.) THUNDER BAY QUARRIES in 1939. Repowered in 1950, renamed c.) HARRIS N. SNYDER in 1953. Sold for scrap in 1974. Scrapped in Bilbao, Spain. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Great Lakes Marine Memorabilia Show and Sale: This annual event will be held on Saturday, December 5 from 10:00 a.m. till 5:30 p.m. at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle. The show will feature postcards, books, slides, photos, artifacts, and various other Great Lakes memorabilia. For further information, please call The Dossin Museum at (313) 267-6440. Great Lakes Marine Memorabilia Auction: An auction of items from the collections of Harry Wolf, Gordon Potter, and possibly some items salvaged off the REGINA, which sank in the storm of 1913, will be held at the Dossin Museum on Belle Isle on Saturday, December 12. The auction items will be available for preview during normal hours at the Museum on Thursday, December 10 and Friday Baacecniss 11, with the auction tentatively set to begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12. For further information please contact The Dossin Museum at (313) 267-6440. 1988 MHSD Calendars: Extra copies of our 1988 calendar featuring photographs from the collection of Gordon Macaulay are available at $7.50 (U.S. funds) each, postpaid, from our publications Manager, Jim Jackson, 3546 Polk, Dearborn, Michigan 48124.

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