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The William G Mather has a direct connection with an articulated rod.

Hi, Beecher.

Have you heard what the total drop was at CLE?

Thanks for all of your reports. They keep me current, seeing as how I can't get down there.

Great photos, Beecher Thanks for posting.

Cathy and I really missed being on the WGM for the Air Show.

Hi, Alex

The story we were given in Docent training is that Cliffs knew they would eventually automate the boiler and it was less expensive to automate one.


I also seem to remember being told that when I served as a wiper on the Frontenac when she made her maiden voyage with the new engine.

Hi, Beecher.

Cathy and I loved the photo of the cat, bad pun and all.

A belated welcome back. I enjoy your posts.

Please let my friends on the WGM know I miss them. I'd like to get down there, but my vision has deteriorated more.

Thanks for the post, Beecher.

He will be missed.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and all of the 'Nerds, Beecher.

Glad to see you back.

I've been coming to this site since around 1998.There have bee a lot of change, mostly for the better.

I miss a lot of the posters who have died or gone on to other sites.

I check this site daily and really appreciate the info posted here.

My Father used to call them "Traveling Pagodas".

Thanks for the info.

There is an Arcadia book out that covers the conversions. I do not know the title as I have disposed of my book collection.

Also, as an interesting side light, George H. W. Bush trained in one of them.

I'll add my thanks for all you do, Paul. It was good and informative reading.

Scott, when I sailed (mud 50's) if a crew member did not "fit in"one of the remedies was the silent treatment.


With nobody talking to him, other than work related. he usually left that boat. I saw this work in a few cases.

Denny, maybe you could follow the Browns. Using reverse logic, they might actually win a game. :)

I know, Denny. I sailed for Columbia and that is why I noticed it. Maybe she is sending a message that she wants to come home.

Interesting (and great) photos of the Sarnia Fleet.

With the sun on her hull, the Cuyahoga coloring almost looks like a Columbia boat

Great story, Captain. .Thanks. Hope ypu are recovering well

In the fifties we only saw an occasional pigeon as we went up to thj steel plants. Nothing alive and associated with water was ever seen as we made the trip. What is the big draw that is responsible for all the gulls present in these pictures?

I remember that also. The mass of Seagulls we see now ...

Hi, Beecher.

Thanks again for all of your photos. Very much appreciated.

Ive been semi layed up with a fractured hip, but am now pretty well recovered. Don't think I'll be down on the WGM any time soon. I'm not too steady on my feet yet.

Happy Thamnksgiving

Thanks a lot Fran Hood. for posting the photos of the Voyageur. My Wife and I made 12 trips on her. A lot of fun and great food.

FYI, she not only has the bow going up and down, her pilot house and the canopy at the after end can also be lowered for bridge clearance. The radar post can also be ...