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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 42, No. 7 - March 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 - PART Il 100 Years of Great Lakes Service ROCKWOOD University of Detroit Marine Collection Steel lumber hooker (U.S.77362) built in 1899 at West Bay City, Michigan by F.W.Wheeler & Co. (Hull#127) for Spaulding Lumber Co as a.) JESSE SPAULDING: 225.9 X 40 X 14; 1,290 gross tons. Converted for coastwise service and renamed b.) MOOREMACK in 1916, c.) VINDALL in 1921, iy VAY PIERSON in 1921, e.) CORDOVA in 1923. Converted to a self-unloader in 1925. Renamed f.) ROCKWOOD in 1935. Repo wered and converted to a sand dredge in 1943. Repowered with diesels in 1952. Bough by Rockwood Steamship Co. (Erie Steamship Co., Managers) in 1955. Transferred to Erie Sand & Gravel in 1960. Scrapped at Ashtabula, OH in 1962- 63. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Annual Dinner Meeting: Please reserve Saturday, April 22nd for our Annual Dinner Meeting. It will be held again this year at the St. Clair Inn in St. Clair, Michigan. Andy LaBorde will present Aj? LaRorde the Steamer S T CRAPO, a slide program featuring a trip aboard Huron Cement’s 1927-built steamer S. T. CRAPO. Please return the enclosed reservation form by April ¥ 15th to Bill Luke, 20255 Wellesley, Birmingham, Ml 48010 (313-647-2198). Early reservations are suggested. Mccoy Council Election: The 1989 Advisory Council Election will be held in May. Nominations should be submitted by April 15th to Wayne Garrett, Nominations Chairman, 4171 Butternut Hill Drive, Troy, Ml 48098.