Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Detroit Marine Historian, v. 43, n. 7 (March 1990), p. 6

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the size of the Merce shipyard’s main drydock from 650 feet to nearly 600 feet. *** Asa result of the cancellation of a federal subsidy for railways to ship grain from Central Canada by rail to the East Coast, Cargill Grain Company of Winnipeg announced in late December it will close and demolish its large grain elevator in Port McNicoll. *** St. Lawrence Cruise Lines Inc. of Kingston has purchased the American vessel COLONIAL EXPLORER and is renaming her VICTORIAN EMPRESS. She will join CANADIAN EMPRESS which already offers St. Lawrence cruises out of Kingston, Montreal, and Quebec City. The 1964-built VICTORIAN EMPRESS carries 98 passengers in 49 staterooms and will cruise the St. Lawrence and Saguenay from Kingston and Montreal. For information on 1990 sailings, running from May through October, contact St. Lawrence Cruise Lines Inc., 253 Ontario Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 274. *** In Detroit, National Steel announced a plan to build a $192 million plant on Zug Island. The plant would include 86 ovens to produce the coal derivative coke, with Operations scheduled to begin in March 1992. ***¥ A grant of $50,000 to restore the lighthouse keeper's building of the Whitefish Point lighthouse has recently been approved by the State of Michigan. *** Since 1965, the hull of the former canaller CHEMBARGE NO. 2 , a). CASCO, b). THORDOC, has been lying in the North Slip at Sarnia as a dock for vessels unloading sand for Holmes Foundry. Since Chrysler closed down the foundry last year, workers have begun to remove the sand from her hull in preparation of her eventual scrapping. *** fFireboats. A Complete History of the Development of Fireboats in America is a recently released book by Fire Buff House Publishers. The 160-page hardcover book is lavishly illustrated with 225 photos, diagrams, and marine blueprints, many of them previously unpublished. Photos include dozens of fireboats, old and new, battling major waterfront fires from New York to Seattle and Tacoma, from Los Angeles to Chicago, Boston, Buffalo, and many other sea and inland ports. Copies are available for $24.95 plus $2.50 postage and can be ordered by calling toll-free 1-800-457-2400 or (812) 945-2617 (outside the United States). THORDOC photo courtesy Peter B. Worden, Sr. Collection Steel canaller (C.160046) built in 1927 at Hull, England by Earles Ship Building & Engineering Company _ Limited (Hull#670) for Lakes & St. Lawrence Navigation Company Limited as a.) CASCO: 253 X 43.2 X 20; 1,831 gross tons. Purchased by N.M. Pa terson & Sons in 1956 renamed b.) THORDOC. THORDOC's engines <q were removed in 1962 and she became c.) CHEMBARGE NO 2. Used as a dock at the North Slip in Sarnia. 43-7-6

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