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The Detroit Marine Historian Journal of Marine Historical Society of Detroit Volume 42, No. 9 - May 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 IV 100 Years of Great Lakes Service RICHARD REISS June 10, 1988 Photo by Jim Jackson pipet bulk freighter {u §.243406) built in 1943 at River Rouge, Michigan by Great Lakes Engineering Works (Hull#290) as a.) ADIRONDACK for the U.S. Maritime Commision: 603.8 X 60.2 X 30.2; 9,057 gross tons. Renamed b.) RICHARD Hl REISS in 1943. Converted to a self-unloader at Wi ‘i by Shipbuilding Co. in 1 Repowered to a diesel at Bay City, MI by Defoe Shipbuilding Co. Operated by Erie Sand in 1985 dicline i RICHARD REISS. Currently in service. ANNOUNCEMENTS: May Entertainment Meeting: We will again join members of the Great Lakes Maritime Institute at the Dossin Museum on Friday May 19 at 8:00 PM. Alan Sykes, co-author of The Pulp and Paper Fleet, will present a slide program entitled Fifty American Bottoms inta the Canadian Fleets. Enclosed with this issue is the ballot for the 1989 Advisory Council election. Please return the enmoleted ballot to Wayne Garrett, Elections Chairman, 4171 Butternut Hill Drive, Troy, Ml 48098.