BOLAND & CORNELIUS UPDATE (continued) WILLIAM A. REISS Photo by John Vournakis Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 225045) built in 1925 at River Rouge, Michigan as a.) JOHN A. TOPPING by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #251). 601.6 x 62 x 27.8; 8,345 gross tons. Renamed b.) WILLIAM A. REISS in 1934. Repowered in 1953. Deepened 7' 6" at Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1953. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold in 1972. Idle at Toledo, Ohio since 1981. CHARLES C. WEST Photo by Emory A. Massman Steel self-unloader (U.S. 225066) built in 1925 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #216). 456.2 x 60.1 x 29.1; 6,644 gross tons. Lengthened to 576.2 at Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1948. Repowered in 1952. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold for scrap in 1978. Scrapped at Buffalo, New York in 1979. -4-