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by **Jared** » April 4, 2016, 12:17 pm

Usually the lights on the mast gave people the length of the ship at night.

by **JohnH** » April 2, 2016, 3:20 pm

What was the purpose of the extremely high masts on the Mataafa and other ships of that era?

by Al » March 31, 2016, 8:29 am

The Mataafa did not have a deckhouse on the stern. Crew quarters were inside the hull.

I've never seen any reference to the lost propeller blades being retrieved, although they may have been picked up during the extensive salvage operation that took place the following spring. The Corps of Engineers maintains the ship canal and I'm sure any obstruction that appeared during a survey would have been removed. Having said that, lost objects like anchors do occasionally turn up in Duluth harbor.

by **Pete in Holland MI** » March 31, 2016, 6:42 am

2 questions:

1) Was there not an aft house on that boat, or was it wiped off by the storm?

2) Wondering if the broken buckets from that propellor are still laying around by the harbor entrance ?

She took quite a pounding, for sure.

by **Paul A** » March 26, 2016, 9:31 pm

Wow, that's quite the collection! I find the shots of all the donkie boilers on deck running the dewatering pumps really interesting. Thanks for sharing this.