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More To The Scrappers II (continued) ISLE ROYALE - Welland Canal - April 30, 1988 Jim Sprunt Photo Steel bulk freighter (C. 179194) built in 1948 at Montreal, Quebec by Canadian Vickers (Hull #231): 252.6 X 43.8 X 18.6; 1,986 gross tons, for Hall Corporation of Canada as a.) SOUTHCLIFFE HALL. During the winter of 1959-60 lengthened, converted to a self-unloader by Canadian Vickers and renamed b.) OREFAX. New dimensions 335.0 X 43.75 X 23.5; 3,095 gross tons. Renamed c.) ISLE ROYALE in 1972. Sold for scrap in 1988. Towed down the Welland Canal April 29, 1988 for scrapping at Ramey's Bend where those operations continue at this time. MERLE M. MCCURDY - Port Colborne - June 11, 1988 Rick Nicholls Photo Steel bulk freighter (U.S. 207981) built in 1910 at Ecorse, Michigan by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull #75): 588.5 X 58 X 32.02; 7,869 gross tons, for Pittsburgh Steamship Co. as a.) WILLIAM B. DICKSON. Renamed b.) MERLE M. MCCURDY in 1968. Laid up for the last time November 19, 1985 at Buffalo. Sold for scrap in 1987. Towed from Buffalo December 12, 1987 to Ashtabula, Ohio. Resold to Canadian scrappers. Departed Ashtabula for Port Colborne, Ontario on June 10, 1988. Final dismantling underway at present. 235