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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 42, No. 6 - February 1989 Published Monthly Annual Dues $15.00 Jim Jackson and Mike Nicholls, Editors 3546 Polk Dearborn, Michigan 48124 Mark Cowles, Secretary 514 Aberdeen Way Howell, Michigan 48843 ERIE SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY 100 Years of Great Lakes Service ERIE University of Detroit Marine Collection Steel dredge (U.S.203503) built in 1906 for George Berriman at Buffalo, New York by Buffalo Shipbuilding Company (no hull # available): 124.6 x 7.4; 290 gross tons. Purchased by Erie Sand 1914. Sold out of fleet in 1935. Repowered with a diesel in 1959. Scrapped in Fairport, OH in 1981. ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Marine Historical Society of Detroit and The Great Lakes Maritime Institute have agreed to combine entertainment meetings. The meetings, which will be announced in 7he Historian, are generally held at the Dossin Museum the third Friday of January, March, May and ” November. The first joint meeting will be Friday, March 17 at 8 pm and will feature Mr. Harley Smith presenting his program “Rebuilding of the Welland Canal.”