The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 41, No. 6 - February 1988 Published Monthly Annual Dues $15.00 SOeqets OF LiFROS 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 by Mike Nicholls Part IV ; as DETROIT EDISON Photo by Peter B. Worden Steel self-unloader (U.S. 269187) built in 1955 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company (Hull #418). 589 x 72 x 36; 12,172 gross tons. Lengthened 72 feet in Superior, Wisconsin in 1966. Sold for scrap in 1986. Departed Quebec City July 16, 1986 for Brownsville, Texas for scrapping. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Special Meeting: The Society will hold a joint meeting with the Lake Huron Lore Marine Society at the Museum of Arts and History, 1115 Sixth Street, Port Huron, Michigan on Friday, March 4, 1988. The dinner portion of the program, to be handled by the Museum Guild, will commence at 6:00 p.m. with attendance limited to the first 80 reservations received by the February 29 deadline. The $10.00 per person dinner tickets may be secured through Mrs. Robert Lester, 130 DeGurse Street, Marine City, Michigan 48039 (313-765-8095). The evenings general program (open to everyone) will begin at 8:00 p.m. at the Museum (located one block west of the Hotel Harrington) and will feature a slide presentation entitled "The Fall and Rise of the Steamer E.M. FORD" provided by Mr. Andrew LaBorde, noted Marine Historian and Photographer of Milwaukee. For further information, contact Mrs. Lester or your Society's Treasurer, Bill Luke, 20255 Wellesley, Birmingham, Michigan 48010 (313-647-2198). Early.Reservations are suggested.