Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 41, n. 8 (April 1988), p. 3

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BOLAND & CORNELIUS UPDATE from 1957 to Present REISS BROTHERS Photo by Editor Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 223607) built in 1924 at Toledo, Ohio as a.) WILLIAM K. FIELD by Toledo Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #176). 588 x 60 x 27.7; 8,195 gross tons. Renamed b.) REISS BROTHERS in 1934, Repowered in 1957. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Renamed c.) GEORGE D. GOBLE in 1970. Sold in 1972. Sold Canadian in 1980 and renamed d.) ROBERT S. PIERSON (C. 391528). Renamed e.) SPRUCEGLEN in 1982. Served as a storage barge at Goderich, Ontario from 1982-84. Sold for scrap in 1985. Scrapped at Thunder Bay, Ontario. RAYMOND H. REISS Photo by Pete Worden Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 214318) built in 1916 at Lorain, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Co. as a.) EMORY L. FORD (Hull #715). 580 x 60 x 32; 7,986 gross tons. Renamed b.) RAYMOND H. REISS in 1965. Converted to diesel and received a bowthruster at Superior, Wisconsin in 1966. Bought by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold in 1971. Sold for scrap, bow and mid-body scrapped at Ramey's Bend in 1981. Stern scrapped there in 1982. 23.

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