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The De€roit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 41, No. 7 - March 1988 Published Monthly Annual Dues $15.00 Soorets OF Obp ROS Rev. Peter Vander Linden, Editor - 29825 Joy Road - Westland, Michigan 48185 Bill Luke, Secretary - Membership - Changes - 20247 Wellesley - Birmingham, Michigan 48010 AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO. BOLAND & CORNELIUS by Mike Nicholls Part V CHICAGO TRADER Photo by Peter B. Worden Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 209060) built in 1911 at Lorain, Ohio as a.) THE HARVESTER by American Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #391). 525 x 58 x 31; 7,188 gross tons. Renamed b.) CHICAGO TRADER in 1965. Purchased by American Steamship in 1969. Sold in 1972. Sold for scrap in 1978. Scrapped at Ashtabula, Ohio. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Annual Dinner Meeti Please reserve Saturday, April 23rd, for our Annual Dinner Meeting. It will be held this year at the St. Clair Inn in St. Clair, Michigan. We will present the slide program Harry Wolf had prepared for our 1987 Dinner Meeting entitled "Seaway Cruise to French Canada" Or the SOUTH AMERICAN. Please return the enclosed reservation form by April 16th to Bill uke, 20255 Wellesley, Birmingham, Michigan 48010 (313-647-2198). Early Reservations are suggested. Advi: Council Election: The 1988 Advisory Council election will be held in May. Nominations should be submitted to Wayne Garrett, Nominations Chairman, 4171 Butternut Hill Drive, Troy, Michigan 48098 by April 15th.