by Guest » February 11, 2013, 8:26 pm
A previous post only listed two twin sisterships of the 1917 built 550 foot steamers: The Louis W. Hill hull 721, later Valley Camp, and the William A. Amberg hull 723, later the Albert E. Heekin. However, a third twin was hull 722, the Carmi A. Thompson, which last sailed for Comet Enterprises, Quebec & Ontario Transportation, as Thorold from 1963 to 1971 when it was sold for scrap - the first of this trio scrapped, thus easily forgotten. The William A. Amberg/Albert E. Heekin had the longest sailing career of the three: It was Silver Bay of Republic Steel and Kinsman later, then sold to become the Judeth M. Pierson of the Soo River Co. in 1975, and the Fernglen of P & H briefly in 1982 before its sale for scrap. Thus, the Valley Camp - a fine museum ship at the Soo, was part of a trio of twin sisters.
A previous post only listed two twin sisterships of the 1917 built 550 foot steamers: The Louis W. Hill hull 721, later Valley Camp, and the William A. Amberg hull 723, later the Albert E. Heekin. However, a third twin was hull 722, the Carmi A. Thompson, which last sailed for Comet Enterprises, Quebec & Ontario Transportation, as Thorold from 1963 to 1971 when it was sold for scrap - the first of this trio scrapped, thus easily forgotten. The William A. Amberg/Albert E. Heekin had the longest sailing career of the three: It was Silver Bay of Republic Steel and Kinsman later, then sold to become the Judeth M. Pierson of the Soo River Co. in 1975, and the Fernglen of P & H briefly in 1982 before its sale for scrap. Thus, the Valley Camp - a fine museum ship at the Soo, was part of a trio of twin sisters.