Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 41, n. 8 (April 1988), p. 5

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BOLAND & CORNELIUS UPDATE from 1957 to Present Part VI (continued) JOE S. MORROW Photo by Pete Worden Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 203908) built in 1907 at Lorain, Ohio by the American Shipbuilding Co. (Hull #350). 420 x 52 x 28; 4,895 gross tons. Purchased by American Steamship Co. in 1969. Sold in 1971. Sold for scrap in 1974, Scrapped at Santander, Spain. Pete Worden, Editor 42072 Sunnydale Lane Northville, MI 48167 In the March "Historian", we reported on the sale of the Halco bulkers to Canada Steamship Lines, Misener Transportation, and N. M. Paterson & Sons and listed the renames of the vessels purchased by Paterson. CSL and Misener have recently announced renames. For CSL, FRANKCLIFFE HALL becomes HALIFAX, CARTIERCLIFFE HALL becomes WINNIPEG, and MAPLECLIFFE HALL becomes LEMOYNE. For Misener, LAWRENCECLIFFE HALL becomes DAVID K. GARDINER) and = OTTERCLIFFE HALL. becomes PETER MISENER. HALIFAX departed her lay-up berth in Windsor on March 29 bound for Thunder Bay. *** CADILLAC and CHAMPLAIN arrived at the Turkish port of Aliaga on October 30 under tow of the Dutch tug THOMAS DE GAUWDIEF. *** On December 14, the Collingwood town council approved a $102 million redevelopment of the former site of Collingwood Shipyards. The project is to include residential, commercial and retail space along with a marina, hotel and marine museum. *** THOMAS W. LAMONT arrived at Aliaga Turkey on December 27 under tow of the Greek tug EVEREST. *** On January 6, ..Marine Industries Ltd. announced that its Montreal yard, known as M. I. L. Vickers, will no longer operate a ship repair business. The last vessel built at Vickers was the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker NORMAN MCLEOD ROGERS while the last vessel repaired was ENERCHEM LAKER during October 1987. *** Socanav's L'ORME NO. 1 collided with the dock at St. Romuald, Quebec on January 25 as she was attempting to dock at the Ultramar -refinery. small fire broke out on impact, damaging both the tanker and dock. ENERCHEM REFINER, also at the same dock, managed to escape undamaged. As a direct result of this incident, several tankers, such as LE BRAVE, were sent to temporary lay-up until the

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