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During the sixties and '70s it was usually Bethlehem Steel and Interlake Steamship vessels that would load at Taconite Harbor; with the occasional CSL ship.

Taconite Harbor loadings of that time would mirror the owners, with Bethlehem as the principal, loading the most in mostly BSC vessels ...

wlbblw wrote:She came to Lackawanna with ore.

The Fitz also delivered ore to Hanna Furnace in Buffalo, and loaded ore at Taconite Harbor. I've seen a cool photo of the Fitz loading ore there, whilst a smaller Ford boat unloads coal at the EMCo power plant!

And city sewer systems were never designed to fail. They were designed to meet the standards and regulations of their day. A typical sewer system in this country is 40 to 100 years old. Try to get that amount of service life out of your automobile or computer.
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Lockview has WI-FI in rooms just stayed there
The Lockview does have Wi-Fi in the rooms now. As a matter of fact, they were installing it the last time I was there about 3 weeks ago. We have stayed there 3 times, plan on going back in September most likely. Very clean, nice rooms, but older motel ...

Guest wrote:McDonalds policy is to tear down any restaurant after it has closed, I assume they don't want the public to view a failure.

Not sure about that, as two closed ones here have become other restaurants, and a third is a lawyer's office.

Interesting bi product of dredging the basin in Milwaukee the fertilizer Milogranite is sold in many retail outlets. It is made from the dredging of the basin processed locally. I sold loads of it at Meijers quite potent stuff but really effective

Milorganite is made from wastewater/sewage. Don't ...

guest wrote:The McDonalds by the Holiday Inn Express is no longer there. The building has been torn down, only the empty lot remains.

That's odd, as it was always busy when I stopped on my way to the waterfront. Did it have a fire?

The stockpile can be supplemented by all-rail deliveries of pellets.

Glad to see they've got a copy of "The Silver Stackers" for the guests to enjoy!

Guest wrote:And meanwhile, the Miner which started out being upright, will probably fall over/apart all by itself soon, without having to spend any money, what a deal!

A comical comparison, to be sure!

Chris M wrote:Maumee

Berthed next to the Arthur B. Homer, I suppose!

So, in reality, nothing new, except what's gone!

What vessels are at the scrapyard in Port Colborne? I usually always go on the Boatnerd fall tour, but this year, my time is tight so I would like to know what I might miss...

Denny wrote:I don't know if there are any pictures of the Blough in Calcite

There are plenty of pictures of her in Calcite, as she was loading during the Boatnerd tour of Michigan Limestone in September of 2004!

The Iowas had service lives far beyond what many would have imagined, particularly in comparison to the other "new" battleship, the HMS Vanguard.

[quote="Rob] She has been updated and refitted to keep her up to date with the latest electronics and weapons syetems etc..
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Yep, as have the older Nimitz-class vessels. You would have a very limited service life if constant refits were not done.

As far as preservation, the NS Savannah ...

Such cargoes are usually listed at the ore docks as blast furnace trim.

Lou Gerard recent photos made me wonder about the load. It sure looks like stone to a unfamiliar eye like mine! Never knew taconite rock existed or what it could be used for. Originally when posted about the Anderson I believed it would ore pellets for a foundry or something. Learn something new ...

boat man wrote:gas turbines are very fuel inefficient something like 60% of the power made is needed to keep the turbine running.

The Freedom loaded the contents of three tank trailers during her stop in Buffalo a few years back!

Toledo wrote:The US Navy has standardized with combustion turbine propulsion systems for all surface vessels other than aircraft carriers.

The types of installed propulsion are mission-based. For instance, the new LCS vessels have both diesel and gas turbine power plants.