Cleveland Activity 2011 3rd qtr

[MN Guest]

All the tall ships were in Duluth last summer.
A couple of them were there just this last weekend.
Pretty cool to look at!

[beecher]

Hi Cleveland,
The river class boats are the ones with several rudders and have thrusters for and aft. Many were made just for the Cuyahoga River. They need no assistance whatsoever.

The Calumet and Cuyahoga sail up river without assistance but need it backing down. I finally caught the Calumet backing down with a tug the other day:

The Algoma class I refer to is informal. I merely refer to the Algoma boats that navigate this river with a forward pilot house that are generally 600+' and around 20+K ton capacity. They always use two tugs in and out. That's all.

Hi MN,
The photo with the Tall Ship activity was from the 2006 Tall Ships Challenge in Cleveland. It was a great event that was pleasing to the eye. I remember Heraldo Rivera showed up and refused to pay for admission to the point he scoffed at the checkpoint and looked down his nose at folks. He was a line jumper too. I was impressed .
Here is one photo from the 2003 Tall Ships event.

The Buffalo is on the the river now.

There was a storm that came through the area early yesterday morning that carried lots of rain. The storm dropped up to 3.5 inches in Cleveland and almost 5 inches in the Akron-Canton areas. The debris is still coming down the river. Lots of localized flooding. We golfed in the high humidity yesterday at Coppertop. I'll bet I lost 5 lbs.

[Guest]

This question seems a bit silly to me, but why is it that in general, the other River class boats navigate the Cuyahoga with greater ease than the Calumet (Roesch/Norton)?
I don't recall hearing of the Algoma Class before, what are the general dimensions/tonnage of the Algoma class?

Algoma class refers to vessels like the Algorail, Algoway and Algoma Transfer.

[MN Guest]

Again, great pics Beecher! What is going on in the last pic of all the tall sailing boats? Some kind of a water front activity?
The wrecking crews did quick work of the cold storage building!

[Cleveland]

This question seems a bit silly to me, but why is it that in general, the other River class boats navigate the Cuyahoga with greater ease than the Calumet (Roesch/Norton)?
I don't recall hearing of the Algoma Class before, what are the general dimensions/tonnage of the Algoma class?

[beecher]

The Calumet was on the river the other night.

The cold storage facility over the river is gone.

There is a movie crew in town. They were on the river here:

There was a boat whistle on the river early this morning. I later saw a tug returning from up river. I bet it was not the Calumet! Ha!
Here is one from the file- 2006

Cheers
b

[Guest]

Buffalo is currently in port. Algoma Transfer used Iowa and Illinois as the Rhode Island is currently stationed in Ashtabula.

[beecher]

Hi MN,
Oh yes they run boats up this federal channel. The river class boats sail this river like they are on rails. The others like the Algoma class use tugs from what I observe. The Cuyahoga uses one tug. The recent visit from the Algoma Transport used two. I think they were the Iowa and the Rhode Island.

I have observed the Calumet to be in need of a tug at times based on the photos and descriptions like the ones I have posted here. I see a boat coming and I snap off a few photos and go back to what I was doing. When I see the Calumet, I turn into a NASCAR spectator...lol.

I see a river class boat a few miles out sailing in. It looks like the Sam Laud or the Buffalo.

[MN Guest]

Thanks for the great pics Beecher.
Looking at the pics of the Calumet, it's hard to believe they run that large of a boat up such a small waterway! Wind from the beam must really play hell with the boats trying to get through there.

[beecher]

The Buffalo is here.

The cold storage facility is slowly disappearing and revealing one of the many churches in Tremont.

Now to the Calumet. She seems to have a little trouble navigating this skinny, crooked Cuyahoga River in the Crooked Cuyahoga County.

Sam was in too.

Cheers - b

[Guest]

Algosar was not in Cleveland this week.

[beecher]

I saw a few boats this week when I was without a camera. I believe they were the American Spirit & Algosar.

The Appledore IV is here too.

I did see some tug barge activity:

More boats:

The Cuyahoga in the Cuyahoga

The Cold Storage building's razing over the river continues

there was an odd ad banner flown behind a plane too:

[beecher]

Dorothy Ann / Pathfinder have been in and out this week. She is unloading stone on the river between the Innerbelt Bridge and the Lorain Carnegie Bridge in this picture. (Railroad too)

The 50+ year old Innerbelt Bridge is of the same engineering, design, and age as the one that collapsed in Minnesota. It is to be replaced by two bridges. Construction on the first one has started. They are to build it amoung the piles of stone and coal. They are also bringing down the huge cold storage building shown partially razed here:

It is right over the river and the valley walls are unstable so they can't blow it up like they wanted. They are clawing at it from the other side of this view. The other side looks like a war zone.

The golf courses have dried out. A pretty good thunderboomer came through here last night with winds up to 75mph. I hear there are still folks that are without power.

I have obtained a photo of the next dirty rat to be indicted in the ongoing RICO case from a reliable source. He is said to be spreading imported substances all over the area. He is also believed to be very vocal and blends in well with all the politicians.

Have a safe Fourth of July
Cheers,
b

[beecher]

The Mississaugi visited on Thursday afternoon.

The Calumet sailed up river this morning.

Cheers

[beecher]

Hi Cleveland,
The station is a gem of a structure. I would love to get my hands on it with capital to play with.

Hi Les,
I hear the engine room misses you too. I also hear the NFL lockout is nearing an end. Staff vacations have been suspended for some teams and they have to report on July 1st. I hope the players are soon to follow. I am bummed at the Browns scedule because it does not bring any great lakes area teams & their creepy Lions, Bears, Vikings, & Packers fans to town to mess with.

I was on the bike when I saw a tug barge in the harbor. I think it was the Olive L Moore and the Lewis J Kuber.

I saw a boom sticking up amoung the ore piles at Whiskey Island and took a photo:

St Mary's Cement showed tonight too.

The Buffalo has been in and out since Friday

These are some photos of the rusting and rotting Hulets on Whiskey Island. attachment=3]Huletts_2p.JPG[/attachment]

[Cleveland]

The building in question is indeed the former B&O station. Originally it was a passenger station then it became a freight station and then it became a nothing of a station (i.e. disused).

[Les Weston]

Thanks for the link, Beecher. Lots of good info.

[Les Weston]

Hi, Beecher.

We are about settled in to the new place, so we can start thinking about coming down (I miss the engine room).

Hopefully, we will be down in the near future. Since I don't druve any more, it is up to the better half if she feels up to driving.

[beecher]

Hey Les-Paul,
(LOL)
I found a link for a quick update as to the owner of the station & its plans that have stalled for this building:
http://clevelandneighborhoods.blogspot. ... chive.html

The Buffalo was unloading stone on the river this morning and departed around 9am.

We had some lightning strikes hit downtown this morning too.

[Paul A]

Thanks Les and Beecher. I'm not surprised that it is a railroad station. They are usually the prettiest buildings.
Paul