...stamane, dopo diversi mesi, sono ripresi i servizi da (Marseille Miramas -) Ventimiglia per Kombiterminal Mortara.

Qui vediamo il treno in trasferimento dalla stazione di Mortara al Terminal, percorrendo la Mortara - Casale riaperta lunedi scorso. Tale tratto di linea è in condivisione fra i treni merci del Terminal e i servizi viaggiatori, fino al deviatoio 103/a da dove si stacca il raccordo vero e proprio verso il Kombiterminal.

Con questo treno è iniziata l'era "Last Mile" verso il Kombiterminal.

Nuvoletta assassina :-(

The 30' tanks Kube Kubenz train from Marseille Miramas via Ventimiglia to the Mortara Kombiterminal, entrusted to InRail's Vectron 191 102 (rented from Railpool, still with Locoitalia logo) transferring from the Mortara station freight area to the terminal on the track of Mortara-Casale line. The locomotive is operating in Last Mile diesel mode (pantographs lowered), although the access track and terminal pickand delivery tracks are electrified. This happens because the reopening of the Mortara-Casale to passenger traffic (from early September) has made managing the access to the terminal sidings more complex, and the use of the last-mile mode allows to avoid the time required for activation of the electrical supply in the siding atea (normally deactivated for safety reasons)

Built in 1882 according to Zillow.

"The Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District is a historic district located in Marquette, Michigan, running along Arch and Ridge Streets from Front Street to Lake Superior. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The district includes the Call House.

The residential core of the district is defined by ridge running east-and-west (known locally as simply "the Ridge"), which gives Ridge Street its name. The district includes spectacular residences built for some of the leading citizens of Marquette, as well as more modest houses for white- and blue-collar workers. Two public structures, the Peter White Library and First United Methodist Church, are also located within the district.

Seven of these structures are built from local sandstone. These include the Daniel Merritt House and St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral. A small cottage in the neighborhood was the inspiration for Carroll Watson Rankin's 1904 novel, The Dandelion Cottage.

The first construction in the Arch and Ridge Streets Historic District was in 1867, when Peter White built the first house on the Ridge. Most of the construction in the district took place over the next 35 years as other leading citizens of Marquette followed White's lead, including pioneer businessman and industrialist Hiram A. Burt, Charles H. Call, Daniel Merritt, Andrew Ripka, David Murray, Josiah Reynolds, Frank Bennett Spear, and James Jopling.

Marquette (/mɑːrˈkɛt/ mar-KEHT) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,629 at the 2020 United States Census, which makes it the largest city in the Upper Peninsula. It also serves as the county seat of Marquette County. Located on the shores of Lake Superior, the city is a major port, known primarily for shipping iron ore. The city is partially surrounded by Marquette Charter Township, but the two are administered autonomously.

Marquette is the home of Northern Michigan University. In 2012, Marquette was listed among the 10 best places to retire in the United States by CBS MoneyWatch.

The land around Marquette was known to French missionaries of the early 17th century and the trappers of the early 19th century. Development of the area did not begin until 1844, when William Burt and Jacob Houghton (the brother of geologist Douglass Houghton) discovered iron deposits near Teal Lake west of Marquette. In 1845, Jackson Mining Company, the first organized mining company in the region, was formed.

The village of Marquette began on September 14, 1849, with the formation of a second iron concern, the Marquette Iron Company. Three men participated in organizing the firm: Robert J. Graveraet, who had prospected the region for ore; Edward Clark, agent for Waterman A. Fisher of Worcester, Massachusetts, who financed the company, and Amos Rogers Harlow. The village was at first called New Worcester, with Harlow as the first postmaster. On August 21, 1850, the name was changed to honor Jacques Marquette, the French Jesuit missionary who had explored the region. A second post office, named Carp River, was opened on October 13, 1851 by Peter White, who had gone there with Graveraet at age 18. Harlow closed his post office in August 1852. The Marquette Iron Company failed, while its successor, the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, flourished and had the village platted in 1854. The plat was recorded by Peter White. White's office was renamed as Marquette in April 1856, and the village was incorporated in 1859. It was incorporated as a city in 1871. No. 455 East Ridge Street.

During the 1850s, Marquette was linked by rail to numerous mines and became the leading shipping center of the Upper Peninsula. The first ore pocket dock, designed by an early town leader, John Burt, was built by the Cleveland Iron Mining Company in 1859. By 1862, the city had a population of over 1,600 and a soaring economy.

In the late 19th century, during the height of iron mining, Marquette became nationally known as a summer haven. Visitors brought in by Great Lakes passenger steamships filled the city's hotels and resorts.

South of the city, K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base was an important Air Force installation during the Cold War, host to B-52H bombers and KC-135 tankers of the Strategic Air Command, as well as a fighter interceptor squadron. The base closed in September 1995, and is now the county's Sawyer International Airport.

Marquette continues to be a shipping port for hematite ores and, today, enriched iron ore pellets, from nearby mines and pelletizing plants. About 7.9 million gross tons of pelletized iron ore passed through Marquette's Presque Isle Harbor in 2005.

The Roman Catholic Bishop Frederic Baraga is buried at St. Peter Cathedral, which is the center for the Diocese of Marquette.

Lakeview Arena, an ice hockey rink in Marquette won the Kraft Hockeyville USA contest on April 30, 2016. The arena received $150,000 in upgrades, and hosted the Buffalo Sabres and Carolina Hurricanes on October 4, 2016 in a preseason NHL contest. Buffalo won the game 2-0." - info from Wikipedia.

Now on Instagram.

John J. Lee photo # 48

Note the Ashtabula lighthouse and range light on the left.

Later, the same day?

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This ship may still be in service

William P. Snyder

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 17

Keel laid Oct 16, 1905; launched Feb 17, 1906

552’ LOA, 530’ LBP, 56’ beam, 31’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1700 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI March 12, 1906 (#43)

530.0 x 56.2 x 32.0, 6939 GT, 5492 NT US 202859 to:

Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Detroit MI April 26, 1906 (Temp #62) to:

Shenango Steamship Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)

Entered service April 1906

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH May 7, 1906 (#89)

Sold 1926 to Stewart Furnace Co., Cleveland OH, Harvey H. Brown & Co., Mgr. and renamed Elton Hoyt II.

Sold 1929 to Youngstown Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr.

Fleet transferred 1930 into Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Repowered 1950 with Skinner Unaflow engine

Renamed Alex D. Chisholm 1952 to free up previous name for new vessel being built for the fleet.

Remeasured 1960 to 6969 GT, 5386 NT

Sold 1966 to Cement Transit Co., Cleveland OH, Medusa Portland Cement Co., Mgr and Renamed Medusa Challenger.

Converted 1967 to self-unloading cement carrier and boilers converted to oil firing at Manitowoc WI by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Inc.

Remeasured to 6967 GT, 5384 NT

Fleet sold 1998 to Southdown Inc. and vessel renamed Southdown Challenger 1999.

Fleet sold 2000 to Cemex Inc. Since the firm was Mexican owned, to continue trading between U.S. ports permitted only by U.S. flag vessels under the Jones Act, transferred to affiliate Wilmington Trust and managed by HMC Ship Management, Lemont IL.

Fleet sold 2005 to St. Marys Cement Inc. and vessel renamed St. Marys Challenger.

IMO 5009984

In service 2010 for St. Marys Cement

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St. Mary's Challenger:

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Sagamore underway in 1892 shortly after its launch.

Sagamore 1

1892 - 1901

Steel whaleback bulk freight barge

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel Barge Co., Hull 122

First frames laid Dec 15, 1891, launched July 23, 1892

328’ LOA, 308’ LBP, 38’ beam, 24’ depth

1 deck, hold beams

Enrolled at Marquette MI Aug 6, 1892 (Temp #7)

308.0 x 38.0 x 24.0, 1601.40 GT, 1557.31 NT US 57932 to:

American Steel Barge Co., Buffalo NY

Entered service Aug 27, 1892 carrying iron ore from Two Harbors MN

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH Sept 12, 1892 (#17) to Huron Barge Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands, Mather, & Co., Mgr. (home port to Ashtabula OH)

Sunk July 29, 1901 in collision with steamer Northern Queen near Point Iroquois, Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior in heavy fog. 3 lives lost. Downbound with iron ore, towed by steamer Pathfinder

-Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry

John J. Lee photo # 151

D. G. Kerr (1)

1903-1960

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Superior WI by Superior Shipbuilding Co., Hull 509

Launched May 20, 1903

First announced to be named D. M. Clemson but that name was instead given to the next vessel built by the shipyard.

468’ LOA, 448’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Marquette MI May 28, 1903 (Temp #40)

448.0 x 52.0 x 28.0, 5531 GT, 3991 NT US 157696 to:

Superior Shipbuilding Co.,

Entered service July 1903

Reenrolled at Duluth MN July 24, 1903 (#4) to:

Provident Steamship Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Fleet sold 1913 to Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co.

Cargo hold rebuilt 1916 to arch construction.

Remeasured to 448.0 x 52.0 x 25.0 depth and 5315 GT, 4160 NT

Renamed Harry R. Jones 1916

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Remeasured 1938 to 5265 GT, 4205 NT

Sold 1955 to Cargo Carriers Inc., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1960 to Ferrotar Corporation. Resold to Scottish shipbreakers. Stranded Jan 5, 1961 near Androssan, Scotland after breaking away from her tug in gale. Released Feb 15 and continued to Troon.

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The in-ground, deteriorated marble marker over the grave of Amasa Stone. At Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. He was Cleveland's first multimillionaire, once the richest man in Ohio, and the greatest railroader the state had ever known.

He was born on April 27, 1818, on a farm near Charlton, Massachusetts. He apprenticed as a construction worker, and in 1842 bought the patent for the Howe truss bridge. He became known as New England's pre-eminent bridge builder.

In 1850, he moved to Cleveland to begin building railroad bridges. He soon began building railroads themselves, and was appointed a director of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad and then the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. He became a confidant of Cornelius Vanderbilt and John D. Rockefeller, and advised Abraham Lincoln on supply issues during the Civil War. He got into steel mills, woolen mills, iron mills, factories, banks, and automobile manufacture as well.

He suffered a health breakdown in 1868, and again in 1875. In 1876, a bridge over the Ashtabula River which he had designed collapsed -- killing 92 people.

He devoted himself to charity afterward, and helped Western College (now Case Western Reserve University) move to Cleveland. His physical and mental health deteriorated, and in 1883 he shot himself.

Amasa Stone married Julia Gleason in 1842. Their son, Adelbert, drowned while attending Yale University. Their elder daughter, Clara, married John Hay, Lincoln's private secretary. Their younger daughter, Flora, married Samuel Mather -- founder of the giant mining and shipping firm of Pickands Mather.

The Mathers have been one of Cleveland's great business and charitable dynasties.

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Berwind, Harry A.

1908-1981

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works, Hull 40

Keel laid Dec 12, 1907; launched March 21, 1908

556’9” LOA, 532’ LBP, 58’ beam, 31’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI April 15, 1908 (#52)

532.0 x 58.3 x 32.0, 6634 GT, 4927 NT US 205072 to:

Great Lakes Engineering Works

Entered service April 24, 1908

Reenrolled May 6, 1908 (#38) to:

Mutual Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port Duluth MN)

Sold Nov 4, 1916 to Headwaters Steamship Co. Cleveland OH, Harvey H. Brown & Co., Mgr.

(home port to Fairport OH) and named Harvey H. Brown (2) 1917

Transferred 1928 to Stewart Furnace Co.

Sold 1929 to Youngstown Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr.

Fleet transferred 1930 to Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Rebuilt 1955

Remeasured to 6841 GT, 5173 NT

Laid up at end of 1960 season at Erie PA and did not operate again for this fleet.

Sold for scrap 1963 to Marine Salvage Ltd. Port Colborne ON.

Resold 1964 to Hindman Transportation Co., Owen Sound ON (home port to London England) and renamed Parker Evans.

Enrolled British at 541.5 x 58.3 x 26.6, 7815 GT, 5735 NT Br 306052

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1965 Can 306052 (home port to Owen Sound ON)

Boilers converted 1965 to oil firing

Sank str. Sidney E. Smith Jr. June 5, 1972 off Port Huron MI, St. Clair River. Downbound with cargo of grain from Thunder Bay ON, Smith upbound with partial cargo of coal for the Northwestern-Hanna Fuel Co. bunker fuel dock at Lime Island MI, St. Marys River. Repaired at St. Catharines ON by Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd. and returned to service later that month. (This accident caused a major tieup of navigation in the St. Clair River and resulted in a number of changes in the rules for navigation through the Huron Cut at the head of the river.)

Fleet sold 1978 to Quebec & Ontario Transportation Co., Thorold ON

Renamed Marlhill 1979

During fitout at Toronto ON in early spring 1980 a crack was discovered in one boiler which was determined not to be economically justified to repair.

Sold 1981 with sister str. Lac des Iles for grain storage in Mexico. The vessels cleared Quebec QC in May 1981 towed by Canadian tug Irving Birch for Tampico Mexico. Vessel foundered May 30 off Cape Charles VA (Lac des Iles foundered the next day off Cape Henry VA)

Interior of the Jane Coulby mausoleum at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.

She was the wife of Harry Coulby, the "Czar of the Great Lakes" to ran the Pickands Mather, Pittsburgh Steamship, and Interlake Steamship freighter fleets.

Coulby married Jane Eliza Cottier in 1887. She was a whopping 17 years his senior, and had one marriage already under her belt which had ended in divorce. The Coulby marriage ended in divorce about 1909 or 1910. Jane got a big, hefty settlement out of it, probably because Harry was caught courting local divorcee May Allen Scott. Jane used much of the divorce settlement to build a $35,000 mausoleum for herself at Lake View Cemetery in 1916. Jane died on September 13, 1924.

Caspian Mine Headframe

The Caspian Mine Headframe is a steel mining building located at north of Caspian Road. The Caspian Mine opened in 1903, the second of three mines opened by the Verona Mining Company. Verona later sold the mine to the Pickands-Mather Company. The original headframe was wooden; the current structure was built as a replacement in 1921. The headframe is a 106 foot high steel-framed structure clad in corrugated steel siding. It is about 25 feet by 10 feet at the base and tapers to about 10 feet by 10 feet at the top. The stanchions constructed to support steel cables leading from the hoisthouse to the headframe are located nearby.

This headframe is significant as the oldest remaining headframe in Iron County. The Caspian Mine was the most productive mine in the county from its opening in 1903 until its closing in 1937. Pickands-Mather Company, the operator of the Caspian, eventually deeded the headframe, engine house, and the surrounding 5.5 acres to the Iron County Historical and Museum Society.

The Co-Operative Engineer. Vol. 2 No. 2 (December 1922)

Fred G. Hartwell 1 (shown here at Conneaut)

1908-1969

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Toledo OH by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Hull 112

Launched April 4, 1908

524’ LOA, 504’ LBP, 58’ beam, 30’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Toledo OH April 24, 1908 (#12)

514.0 x 58.0 x 25.6, 6223 GT, 4865 NT US 204987 to:

Toledo Shipbuilding Co., Toledo OH (home port Toledo OH)

Sold May 18, 1908 to Mutual Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Entered service June 20, 1908

Sold Nov 27, 1915 to Headwaters Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Harvey H. Brown & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH) and renamed Harry W. Croft 1917.

Transferred 1928 to Stewart Furnace Co.

Sold 1929 to Youngstown Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr.

Fleet transferred 1930 to Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Remeasured 1955 to 6379 GT, 4976 NT

Sold 1969 to Sea-Land Service Inc. for trade in to U. S. Maritime Commission on vessels in the reserve fleet. Resold to Spanish shipbreakers. Cleared Quebec QC Sept 5, 1969 with str. Philip Minch towed by Polish tug Jantar. Tow arrived Santander Spain Sept 27, 1969.

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Cenotaph of Flora Amelia Stone Mather on the Stone Memorial at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.

Her father was Amasa Stone, a railroader, contractor, banker, and steel mill owner who hobnobbed with Abraham Lincoln, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and John D. Rockefeller. He was Cleveland's first millionaire and first multimillionaire, and one of the wealthiest men in Ohio. He committed suicide in 1883, leaving behind an estate worth an estimated $65 million.

Flora was Amasa's third child and youngest daughter, born April 6, 1852. She wed Samuel Mather on October 19, 1881. Mather was the co-founded of Pickands Mather and Company, the Great Lakes' most dominant shipping and iron mining firm. Flora spend much of her life spending her inheritance and her husband's money on charitable causes. She is known as one of the greatest benefactors in Cleveland History. Flora Stone Mather College at Case Western Reserve University is named for her.

This is a cenotaph -- a grave marker that is not actually atop the grave. Flora Stone Mather is actually buried about 50 feet west of here, next to her husband.

Grave of Amasa Stone Mather at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Ohio. He died of pneumonia from overwork.

He was the son of Flora Stone Mather, daughter of Amasa Stone -- the richest man in Cleveland and a railroader, bridge builder, investor, and presidential advisor. Amasa Stone Mather's father was Samuel Livingston Mather, Jr. (1851-1931), who founded the mining and shipping company of Pickands Mather.

His grandfather was Samuel Livingston Mather, Sr. (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland in 1843 and later founded the Cleveland Iron Mining Company (later Cleveland-Cliffs). His great-grandfather was Samuel Mather, Jr. (1771-1854), who was a shareholder of the Connecticut Land Company. This is the company which controlled the Western Reserve (northeast Ohio), of which Cleveland was part. His great-great grandfather was Samuel Mather, Sr. (1745-1809), who was a member of the original board of directors of the Connecticut Land Company.

From glass plate

Kunkle Brothers was built 1890 by John P. Devney, Ashtabula Harbor.

Sacramento on port side, Castalia on starboard side.

Constitution

1897-1966

Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel BargeCo., Hull 140. Launched April 21, 1897

379’6” LOA, 366’ LBP, 44’ beam, 26’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Marquette MI April 21, 1897 (Temp 23)

379.0 x 44.1 x 22.2, 3231.30 GT, 2997.76 NT US 127175 to:

Interlake Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Ashtabula OH)

Entered service 1897

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH April 24, 1897 (#124)

Lengthened 72’ 1905 at Superior WI by Superior Ship Building Co.

Remeasured to 451.8 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3862 GT, 3629 NT

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold Dec 30, 1922 to Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland OH

Converted 1926 to self unloader at Cleveland OH by Interlake Engineering Co.

Remeasured to 451.7 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3832 GT, 3623 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Fleet transferred 1958 into parent Oglebay Norton Co., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1966 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Scrapped at Port Colborne 1968

Sacramento

1895- 1939

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 69

Launched July 24, 1895

320’ LOA, 308’ LBP, 43’ beam, 22’6” depth

2 decks, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1200 IHP

Enrolled at Port Huron MI July 30, 1895 (#8)

308.2 x 42.6 x 21.2, 2380.88 GT, 1903.33 NT US 116682 to: James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1895

Transferred 1899 to Davidson Steamship Co., Duluth MN, G. A. Tomlinson, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Idle for many years at the shipyard, partially sunk and unfit for use. Abandoned 1939 at Bay City MI

--Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry

John J. Lee photo # 148

Joseph C. Gilchrist

1903-1946

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 328

Launched Oct 10, 1903

436’ LOA, 416’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 28, 1903 (#21)

416.0 x 50.0 x 28.0, 4725 GT, 3393 NT US 200414 to:

American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH Oct 31, 1903 (#24) to:

Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port to Fairport OH)

Entered service 1903

Fleet went into receivership 1913

Sold at auction 1913 to Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr.

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co. and vessel renamed Cygnus.

Cargo hold rebuilt 1925 to arch construction

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Traded in 1943 with six other vessels of the fleet to U. S. War Shipping Administration, Washington DC on the purchase price of strs. Frank Armstrong, E. G. Grace and Frank Purnell. Operated during World War II by Interlake Steamship Co.

Laid up end of 1944 season at Erie PA

Sold for scrap 1946 to Steel Company of Canada. Towed to Hamilton ON June 1946 and scrapped there.

-Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry

Grave of Samuel Livingston Mather at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Ohio. (He is technically Samuel Livingston Mather IV, but is never referred to this way in histories.)

He was the son of Samuel Livingston Mather III, born in Cleveland in 1882.

His grandmother was Flora Stone Mather, daughter of Amasa Stone -- the richest man in Cleveland and a railroader, bridge builder, investor, and presidential advisor. His grandfather father was Samuel Livingston Mather, Jr. (1851-1931), who founded the mining and shipping company of Pickands Mather (which dominated the Great Lakes from 1900 to 1960).

His great-grandfather was Samuel Livingston Mather, Sr. (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland in 1843 and later founded the Cleveland Iron Mining Company (later Cleveland-Cliffs). His great-great-grandfather was Samuel Mather, Jr. (1771-1854), who was a shareholder of the Connecticut Land Company. This is the company which controlled the Western Reserve (northeast Ohio), of which Cleveland was part. His great-great-great grandfather was Samuel Mather, Sr. (1745-1809), who was a member of the original board of directors of the Connecticut Land Company.

Carte de visite by J.F. Ryder of Cleveland, Ohio. Samuel Jones Pickands served as a private in Battery K of the First Ohio Light Artillery.

Researching the life and military service of this soldier is currently in progress. If you have any information to share, including letters, journals, and other personal and public documents, please contact me.

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John J. Lee photo # 325

Col. James M. Schoonmaker

1911-1986

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works. Hull 82

Keel laid Feb 27, 1911; launched July 1, 1911

Longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until W. Grant Morden of 1914 – superseded Shenango of 1909) (William P. Snyder Jr. entered service 1912 at same dimensions)

(Largest vessel ever built for the exclusive carriage of bulk freight until 1925)

617’ LOA, 590’ LBP, 64’ beam, 33’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2500 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Oct 7, 1911 (Temp #8)

590.0 x 64.2 x 34.2, 8603 GT, 6650 NT US 209185 to:

Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Buffalo NY Oct 7, 1911 (Temp #16) to:

Shenango Steamship & Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port Pittsburgh PA)

Entered service Oct 8, 1911 clearing Ecorse MI light to Toledo OH, where she loaded a cargo of coal for Sheboygan WI.

Transferred 1918 to Shenango Furnace Co.

Hatches to 24’ centers 1948

Repowered 1952 with steam turbine engine and oil-fired boilers

Sold 1969 to Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Wilmington DE)

Sold 1971 to Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Sold 1983 to American Bulk Shipping Co. for use as a container vessel but operation cancelled and vessel returned to previous owner.

Sold 1986 to City of Toledo OH for use as a museum in Toledo harbor.

Renamed Col. James M. Schoonmaker 2011

IMO 5077228

At Toledo OH 2011 as a museum vessel

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Pickands Home - Harbor Ridge

455 E. Ridge St.

Built in 1881

Known today as Harbor Ridge, this home was built in 1881 by James Pickands, a colonel during the Civil War who had become the head of a large ore and shipping firm on the Great Lakes and Marquette’s fourth mayor in 1876. Pickands was married to Caroline Martha Outhwaite, daughter of John Outhwaite, a director of the Cleveland Iron Mining Company, who spent his summers in Marquette.

Colonel Pickands did well for himself with help from his father-in-law. This beautiful Victorian home he built would contain seven fireplaces, beautiful doors of cherry and walnut, and eighteen rooms, but it would not be home to the Pickands for long. Within a week of moving into the home, Mrs. Pickands died. Unable to live in the home where his wife had died, Pickands sold the house to Henry C. Thurber, and moved with his children to Cleveland.

Henry C. Thurber, this home’s second owner, was the co-owner of the Hebard-Thurber Lumber Company. As Marquette’s tenth mayor, he would also help Peter White raise money to build the road to Presque Isle. Thurber did not live in the house for long before selling it to Frank Bennett Spear, Marquette’s ninth mayor.

Frank Spear was married to Sara Kennedy, which linked him to most of the Ridge Street families by marriage. Spear had come to Marquette in 1864. He founded F. B. Spear & Co., later known as Spear & Sons; the dock he built in the harbor early on was the only one to survive the 1868 fire. Spear began his company by dealing in wholesale and retail grain and feed, and in time, the company would also handle coal, wood, lime, brick, cement, fuel oil, sand, gravel, lumber, and other building materials. After Frank's death in 1924 Spear’s son, Frank B. Spear II, inherited the home. In the late twentieth century, it would belong to another Marquette Mayor, William Birch and his wife Sally.

Exterior of the Jane Coulby mausoleum at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. This nearly faces the Garfield Memorial, and is in a prime location in the cemetery.

She was the wife of Harry Coulby, the "Czar of the Great Lakes" to ran the Pickands Mather, Pittsburgh Steamship, and Interlake Steamship freighter fleets.

Coulby married Jane Eliza Cottier in 1887. She was a whopping 17 years his senior, and had one marriage already under her belt which had ended in divorce. The Coulby marriage ended in divorce about 1909 or 1910. Jane got a big, hefty settlement out of it, probably because Harry was caught courting local divorcee May Allen Scott. Jane used much of the divorce settlement to build a $35,000 mausoleum for herself at Lake View Cemetery in 1916. Jane died on September 13, 1924.

Pathfinder 1

1892-1933

Steel whaleback bulk freighter

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel Barge Co., Hull 123. First frames laid Jan 10, 1892, launched July 16, 1992

340’ LOA, 320’ LBP, 42’ beam, 25’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Buffalo NY Aug 6, 1892 (Temp #6)

340.0 x 42.0 x 25.0, 2424.60 GT, 1761.76 NT US 150598 to: American Steel Barge Co., Buffalo NY

Entered service Sept 4, 1892 carrying iron ore from Two Harbors MN

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH (#16) to Huron Barge Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Ashtabula OH)

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Sold Oct 15, 1920 to United Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Renamed Progress 1921

Sold June 12, 1923 to Pioneer Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr.

Sold Dec 8, 1923 to Thompson Transportation Co., Cleveland OH, Mervin S. Thompson, Mgr.

Converted to auto carrier 1924 at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co.

Sold Feb 19, 1927 to Nicholson-Universal Steamship Co., Detroit MI

Laid up after 1930 season

Sold for scrap 1933. Scrapped at Cleveland OH 1934.

-Vessel Histories of Sterling Berry

From:

The New York Central Railroad

Properties at Ashtabula, Ohio

1924

Samuel Mather (2)

1906-1984

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 165

Launched July 28, 1906

550’ LOA, 530’ LBP, 60’ beam, 31’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Aug 16, 1906 (Temp #15)

530.0 x 60.2 x 32.2, 6751 GT, 5408 NT US 203407 to:

Mesaba Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH Aug 17, 1906 (#25)

Entered service Aug 1906

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Renamed Pathfinder (2) 1925

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Laid up June 20, 1960 at Superior WI and did not operate again for this fleet

Sold 1964 to Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., Toronto ON (home port to London Eng.) and renamed Goderich (2)

Enrolled British at 529.8 x 60.2 x 26.1, 7907 GT, 5608 NT Br 306336

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1965 Can 306336 (home port to Toronto ON)

Boilers converted 1973 to oil firing at Toronto ON

Sold 1980 to Pierson Steamships Ltd. (the Soo River Co.), Mississauga ON, Westdale Shipping Ltd., Mgr. and renamed Soo River Trader.

Fleet failed and vessel sold Aug 1982 to P & H Shipping Ltd., Mississauga ON and renamed Pineglen (1).

Did not operate 1983 season.

Sold for scrap 1984 to A. Newman. Renamed Neglen (painting out part of former name) for scrap tow.

Towed to Port Maitland ON and scrapped there.

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Properties at Ashtabula, Ohio

1924

From:

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Properties at Ashtabula, Ohio

1924

Samuel Mather (2)

1906-1984

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 165

Launched July 28, 1906

550’ LOA, 530’ LBP, 60’ beam, 31’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Aug 16, 1906 (Temp #15)

530.0 x 60.2 x 32.2, 6751 GT, 5408 NT US 203407 to:

Mesaba Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH Aug 17, 1906 (#25)

Entered service Aug 1906

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Renamed Pathfinder (2) 1925

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Laid up June 20, 1960 at Superior WI and did not operate again for this fleet

Sold 1964 to Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., Toronto ON (home port to London Eng.) and renamed Goderich (2)

Enrolled British at 529.8 x 60.2 x 26.1, 7907 GT, 5608 NT Br 306336

Enrollment transferred to Canada 1965 Can 306336 (home port to Toronto ON)

Boilers converted 1973 to oil firing at Toronto ON

Sold 1980 to Pierson Steamships Ltd. (the Soo River Co.), Mississauga ON, Westdale Shipping Ltd., Mgr. and renamed Soo River Trader.

Fleet failed and vessel sold Aug 1982 to P & H Shipping Ltd., Mississauga ON and renamed Pineglen (1).

Did not operate 1983 season.

Sold for scrap 1984 to A. Newman. Renamed Neglen (painting out part of former name) for scrap tow.

Towed to Port Maitland ON and scrapped there.

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John J. Lee

Augustus B. Wolvin

1904 - 1967

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 330

Launched April 9, 1904

Longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until Gary class of 1905 – superseded Gates class of 1900).

First vessel with arch cargo hold construction and with steel telescoping hatch covers (replacing wooden hatch covers).

560’ LOA, 540’ LBP, 56’ beam, 32’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH May 9, 1904 (#84)

540.0 x 56.0 x 32.0, 6585 GT, 5311 NT US 200883 to:

American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Duluth MN May 17, 1904 (#151) to:

Acme Steamship Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr (home port to Duluth MN)

Fleet sold 1913 to Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Hatches rebuilt 1946 to 24’ centers and hatch crane at Ashtabula OH by Great Lakes Engineering Works

Remeasured to 6988 GT, 6057 NT

Remeasured 1950 to 7403 GT, 6474 NT

Boilers converted to oil firing early 1950s

Laid up 1961-1966 seasons at Erie PA

Transferred 1966 to Canadian affiliate Labrador Steamship Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC).

Enrolled Canadian at 547.4 x 56.2 x 28.7, 8316 GT, 5395 NT Can 326401

Scraped bank in Welland Canal June 1967 and suffered extensive bottom damage. Declared constructive total loss at Port Weller and towed to Hamilton ON. Sold for scrap to Marine Salvage Inc., Port Colborne ON. Resold to Spanish shipbreakers and towed down St. Lawrence Seaway in August. Arrived at Santander Spain Sept 24, 1967 under tow with str. Saskadoc.

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John J. Lee

Augustus B. Wolvin

1904 - 1967

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 330

Launched April 9, 1904

Longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until Gary class of 1905 – superseded Gates class of 1900).

First vessel with arch cargo hold construction and with steel telescoping hatch covers (replacing wooden hatch covers).

560’ LOA, 540’ LBP, 56’ beam, 32’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2000 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH May 9, 1904 (#84)

540.0 x 56.0 x 32.0, 6585 GT, 5311 NT US 200883 to:

American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Duluth MN May 17, 1904 (#151) to:

Acme Steamship Co., Duluth MN, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr (home port to Duluth MN)

Fleet sold 1913 to Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Hatches rebuilt 1946 to 24’ centers and hatch crane at Ashtabula OH by Great Lakes Engineering Works

Remeasured to 6988 GT, 6057 NT

Remeasured 1950 to 7403 GT, 6474 NT

Boilers converted to oil firing early 1950s

Laid up 1961-1966 seasons at Erie PA

Transferred 1966 to Canadian affiliate Labrador Steamship Co., Montreal QC (home port to Montreal QC).

Enrolled Canadian at 547.4 x 56.2 x 28.7, 8316 GT, 5395 NT Can 326401

Scraped bank in Welland Canal June 1967 and suffered extensive bottom damage. Declared constructive total loss at Port Weller and towed to Hamilton ON. Sold for scrap to Marine Salvage Inc., Port Colborne ON. Resold to Spanish shipbreakers and towed down St. Lawrence Seaway in August. Arrived at Santander Spain Sept 24, 1967 under tow with str. Saskadoc.

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Glass Plate

Constitution

1897 - 1966

Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel BargeCo., Hull 140

Launched April 21, 1897

379’6” LOA, 366’ LBP, 44’ beam, 26’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Marquette MI April 21, 1897 (Temp 23)

379.0 x 44.1 x 22.2, 3231.30 GT, 2997.76 NT US 127175 to:

Interlake Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Ashtabula OH)

Entered service 1897

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH April 24, 1897 (#124)

Lengthened 72’ 1905 at Superior WI by Superior Ship Building Co.

Remeasured to 451.8 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3862 GT, 3629 NT

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold Dec 30, 1922 to Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland OH

Converted 1926 to self unloader at Cleveland OH by Interlake Engineering Co.

Remeasured to 451.7 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3832 GT, 3623 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Fleet transferred 1958 into parent Oglebay Norton Co., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1966 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Scrapped at Port Colborne 1968.

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Grave of Samuel Livingston Mather, Jr. at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland Ohio.

He founded Pickands Mather and Company, a massive shipping and iron mining firm which dominated Great Lakes mining and shipping from 1900 to 1960.

He married Flora Stone Mather, daughter of Amasa Stone -- the richest man in Cleveland and a railroader, bridge builder, investor, and presidential advisor. She was one of the richest women in Cleveland, and spent most of her fortune helping the poor and indigent.

His father was Samuel Livingston Mather, Sr. (1817-1890), who moved to Cleveland in 1843 and later founded the Cleveland Iron Mining Company (later Cleveland-Cliffs). His grandfather was Samuel Mather, Jr. (1771-1854), who was a shareholder of the Connecticut Land Company. This is the company which controlled the Western Reserve (northeast Ohio), of which Cleveland was part. His great grandfather was Samuel Mather, Sr. (1745-1809), who was a member of the original board of directors of the Connecticut Land Company.

(Conneaut?)

Walter Scranton

1901-1946

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 404

Launched Jan 5, 1901

436’ LOA, 416’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1700 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH March 26, 1901 (#63)

416.0 x 50.0 x 28.0, 4803 GT, 3294 NT US 81743 to:

American Ship Building Co., Cleveland OH (home port Cleveland OH)

Reenrolled at Cleveland OH April 1, 1901 (#74) to:

Cleveland Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, John Mitchell, Mgr. (home port to Fairport OH)

Entered service 1901

Cargo hold rebuilt 1913 to arch construction and hatches converted to 12’ centers at Cleveland OH by American Ship Building Co.

Remeasured to 4426 GT, 3061 NT

Sold Dec 30, 1915 to Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. and renamed Saturn (2)

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Traded in 1943 with six other vessels of the fleet to War Shipping Administration, Washington DC on the purchase price of strs. Frank Armstrong, E. G. Grace and Frank Purnell. Operated during World War II by Interlake Steamship Co.

Laid up end of 1944 season at Erie PA

Sold for scrap 1946 to Steel Company of Canada. Towed to Hamilton ON and scrapped there.

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Circa 1947

Pennsylvania

1899-1964

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by Cleveland Ship Building Co., Hull 33

Launched Feb 25, 1899

Laid down for Elbert Gary’s Federal Steel Co., the fleet probably to have been known as National Steamship Co. and managed by A. B. Wolvin. Sold during construction.

450’ LOA, 430’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’6” depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 1400 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH May 1, 1899 (#73)

429.6 x 50.0 x 25.0, 4840 GT, 3604 NT US 150810 to:

Minnesota Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Ashtabula OH)

Fleet owned by Minnesota Iron Mining Co. (parent company controlled by J. P. Morgan’s Federal Steel Co. 1900-1901)

Entered service 1899

Renamed Mataafa at end of 1899 season

Fleet merged spring 1901 into Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Duluth MN, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Wrecked Nov 28, 1905 off Duluth MN, Lake Superior. Struck piers attempting to enter harbor in heavy storm. Driven on rocks 700’ from shore and broke her back. Seven crew frozen to death in after section. Recovered and returned to service 1906.

Cargo hold rebuilt 1926 to arch construction at Conneaut OH

Remeasured to 24.8 depth and 4319 GT, 3501 NT

Sold 1946 to Ecorse Transit Co., Detroit MI, Nicholson Transit Co., Mgr.

Converted to automobile carrier

Remeasured to 4775 GT, 3957 NT

Flight deck added 1950

Transferred 1958 to Nicholson Transit Co., Detroit MI. Chartered to T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co., Detroit MI

Sold 1961 to Ranahan-McCarthy Marine Terminal, Buffalo NY, T. J. McCarthy Steamship Co., Mgr.

Sold for scrap 1964 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Resold to German shipbreakers. Arrived under tow at Hamburg Germany July 19, 1965 with str. L. S. Wescoat.

See history in Detroit Marine Historian Dec 1975 (#202)

Also in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 211

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Hull 193 sailed first as Shenango II for the Shenango Furnace Co,, then became Charles M. Beeghly for Pickands Mather division of Interlake, and now is the Hon. James L. Oberstar for Interlake. Buy a poster! www.zazzle.com/great_lakes_freighter_james_oberstar_histo...

Caspian Mine Headframe

The Caspian Mine Headframe is a steel mining building located at north of Caspian Road. The Caspian Mine opened in 1903, the second of three mines opened by the Verona Mining Company. Verona later sold the mine to the Pickands-Mather Company. The original headframe was wooden; the current structure was built as a replacement in 1921. The headframe is a 106 foot high steel-framed structure clad in corrugated steel siding. It is about 25 feet by 10 feet at the base and tapers to about 10 feet by 10 feet at the top. The stanchions constructed to support steel cables leading from the hoisthouse to the headframe are located nearby.

This headframe is significant as the oldest remaining headframe in Iron County. The Caspian Mine was the most productive mine in the county from its opening in 1903 until its closing in 1937. Pickands-Mather Company, the operator of the Caspian, eventually deeded the headframe, engine house, and the surrounding 5.5 acres to the Iron County Historical and Museum Society.

At Soo Locks

Marsala

1900-1956

Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge

Built at Chicago IL by Chicago Ship Building Co., Hull 39

Launched Mar 24, 1900

450’7” LOA, 436’ LBP, 50’ beam, 28’6” depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Cleveland OH April 12, 1900 (#136)

436.0 x 50.2 x 24.2, 5039 GT, 4667 NT US 93021 to:

Minnesota Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co. Mgr. (home port Ashtabula OH)

Fleet owned by Minnesota Iron Mining Co. (parent company controlled by J. P. Morgan’s Federal Steel Co. 1900-1901)

Entered service 1900

Fleet merged spring 1901 into Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Duluth MN, a subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation, A. B. Wolvin, Mgr. (home port to Duluth MN)

Cargo hold rebuilt 1926 to arch construction at Conneaut OH

Remeasured to 24.6 depth and 4346 GT, 4209 NT

Sold 1940 to Buckeye Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Hutchinson & Co., Mgr. (home port to Wilmington DE)

Sold 1956 to River & Gulf Transfer Co. for off-Lakes service. Towed down Illinois and Mississippi Rivers to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Caspian Mine Headframe

The Caspian Mine Headframe is a steel mining building located at north of Caspian Road. The Caspian Mine opened in 1903, the second of three mines opened by the Verona Mining Company. Verona later sold the mine to the Pickands-Mather Company. The original headframe was wooden; the current structure was built as a replacement in 1921. The headframe is a 106 foot high steel-framed structure clad in corrugated steel siding. It is about 25 feet by 10 feet at the base and tapers to about 10 feet by 10 feet at the top. The stanchions constructed to support steel cables leading from the hoisthouse to the headframe are located nearby.

This headframe is significant as the oldest remaining headframe in Iron County. The Caspian Mine was the most productive mine in the county from its opening in 1903 until its closing in 1937. Pickands-Mather Company, the operator of the Caspian, eventually deeded the headframe, engine house, and the surrounding 5.5 acres to the Iron County Historical and Museum Society.

Mined by the Mary Helen Coal Corporation at their Mary Helen Mine located at Coalgood, Harlan County KY. The Harlan Seam was drift mined. Shipping was on the L&N RR from Merna, KY. The sales agent was Pickands Mather.

nrhp # 77000151- Munising was founded in 1850 as a resort village[3] by the Munising Company, but the company's capital was over extended and their plan never came to fruition.[2] Two more companies were formed to develop the Munising Company's assets, but neither prospered.[2] In 1866, Henry Mather and Peter White acting as agents for a group of investors, purchased the land around Munising and created the Schoolcraft Iron Company.[3] A site for the furnace was selected on Munising Creek, about 1100 feet from Munising Bay,[3] and in 1867 construction was started on a furnace.[2] A stack was built from sandstone quarried locally on Grand Island,[4] furnace machinery was brought in from Newburgh, New York, and about 500 people were employed cutting cordwood.[3] The Schoolcraft Furnace was fired the first time on June 28, 1868.[5]

The furnace used iron ore shipped in via rail from Negaunee and Ishpeming to Marquette, and thence by boat to Munising.[3] Charcoal was made in kilns within a few miles of the furnace; seventeen of these have been located.[3] The furnace also used limestone shipped in from the Lake Erie region.[3] A small steam engine was operated to crush the ore and a larger one supplied air to the furnace.[3]

However, after the first fire, the furnace was run only irregularly.[5] Problems with wet charcoal and shortages of ore or charcoal forced several shutdowns.[3] Despite this, by 1869 the furnace was putting out an average of 20 tons of pig iron per day.[3] However, finances for the furnace were shaky, and poor business decisions in 1870 increased the Schoolcraft Iron Company's debt until it collapsed into bankruptcy[5] in October 1870.[3]

Peter White organized a new company, the Munising Iron Company, and purchased the furnace in 1871.[2][3] The furnace was reopened in the fall of that year, and ran for 12 months, making a total of 2500 tons of iron.[3] It was shut down in the fall of 1872 to add a hopper and bell, improving efficiency.[3] The furnace was back online in May, but only four months later the Panic of 1873 hit, driving down iron prices.[3] The furnace was online again for 24 weeks in 1875 before a lack of iron and charcoal shut it down again.[3] In 1876, the furnace was leased to Henry Pickands, who ran it until November 1877, when it was leased to Daniel Rankin.[3] Rankin intended to fire the furnace in 1878, but was no able to, and the furnace was shut down for good.[3]

The final closing of the Schoolcraft Furnace devastated Munising, and many people in the town left to seek work elsewhere.[3] Munising declined until the Munising Railway was opened in 1895, and a large tannery was established later, providing more jobs for the area.[6] In 1901, the furnace machinery was purchased by the Lake Superior Iron and Metal Company of Hancock, Michigan; much of the equipment was melted down as scrap and remade into machinery for the copper mines of the Keweenaw Peninsula.[3]

The Schoolcraft Furnace was placed on the National Resister of Historic Places in 1977. The remains of the site are difficult to distinguish; the old road trace is now a hiking trail, and some of the rubble pile can be identified in the now-wooded area.[3] The ruins of what might have been a corduroy road are visible in the creek.[3] The area is publicly accessible from the Munising Falls Visitor's Center.

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Swing Bridge at Lorain Ohio

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Kunkle Brothers Tug

Vessel Name

KUNKLE BROTHERS

Build Year

1890

Official Number

US161000

Construction

Build City

Ashtabula

Build State

OH

Vessel Type

Tug (Towboat)

Hull Materials

Wood

Builder Name

J. P. Devney

Ownership

Original Owner

William Kunkle

Original Owner Location

Ashtabula, OH

1892 22 x 24", 425hp @ 130rpm; HPNC engine by McKinnon Iron Works, Ashtabula (1892); 8' x 14' @ 140# steam firebox boiler by Riter Brothers, Buffalo, NY.

1899 Owned Ashtabula Tug Co.

1915 Dismantled; engines to tug HURON.

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Constitution

Steel Great Lakes bulk freight barge

Built at West Superior WI by American Steel BargeCo., Hull 140

Launched April 21, 1897

379’6” LOA, 366’ LBP, 44’ beam, 26’ depth

1 deck, hold beams, hatches @ 24’

Enrolled at Marquette MI April 21, 1897 (Temp 23)

379.0 x 44.1 x 22.2, 3231.30 GT, 2997.76 NT US 127175 to:

Interlake Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Ashtabula OH)

Entered service 1897

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH April 24, 1897 (#124)

Lengthened 72’ 1905 at Superior WI by Superior Ship Building Co.

Remeasured to 451.8 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3862 GT, 3629 NT

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co. (home port to Fairport OH)

Sold Dec 30, 1922 to Pringle Barge Line Co., Cleveland OH

Converted 1926 to self unloader at Cleveland OH by Interlake Engineering Co.

Remeasured to 451.7 x 44.2 x 22.3, 3832 GT, 3623 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Fleet transferred 1958 into parent Oglebay Norton Co., Cleveland OH

Sold for scrap 1966 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Scrapped at Port Colborne 1968.

CAPTAIN PHILLIP SCHIED

Captain Phillip Schied, a former resident of Cleveland, now doing business at Ashtabula harbor as marine manager of the Ashtabula Towing Company, is, as Sir Walter Scott would say, "a tall man of genial disposition." Having adopted good business methods he is well liked by the officers of the tugs under his direction and also by the captains of the many vessels putting in at the port at Ashtabula. A son of Phillip and Christina (Miller) Schied, he was born in Cleveland on April 15, 1857, and after attending the public schools in his native city, entered the employ of John Thomson to learn the steamfitting trade.

In the spring of 1872 Captain Schied shipped as fireman on the steamer Levi Johnson, then managed by Pennington & Warner, remaining two seasons. He was employed the season of 1874 as fireman on the W. B. Scott and the next two years in the same capacity on the tug Peter Smith. In the spring of 1877 he began work for the Standard Oil Company as fireman on the tug Standard, and taking out his engineer's license that winter, he was in 1878 appointed chief engineer of the tug R. K. Hawley. His next berth was on the tug Mary Virginia, formerly the George W. Lorimer, as engineer. In the spring of 1880 he brought out the tug Effie L., as chief, engineering her eighteen months, and when she was sold he was appointed engineer of the tug Forest City, in which he remained another period of eighteen months. In 1883 he was appointed engineer of the tug Charles Castle, then owned by W. A. Collier and others, remaining on her four seasons. During the winter of 1886 he took out pilot's papers, and the following spring brought out the tug William Dean, as master, sailing her part of the season and then transferring to his old boat, the Charles Castle, continuing in her until the close of navigation in 1888. In the spring of 1889 Captain Schied was appointed master of the H. L. Chamberlin, of the Vessel Owners Towing line, and sailed her until June 15, 1893, when he went to Buffalo and brought out new the fire tug William Kennedy, which he sailed three years. In 1896 he was appointed marine superintendent of the Ashtabula Towing Company, stationed at Ashtabula harbor, where he has under his direction the tugs Sunol, William D., Kunkle Brothers, John Gordon, Red Cloud and Kittie Downs, holding himself in readiness to assume command of any of these as occasion may require. He has nineteen issues of marine engineer's license and fifteen issues of pilot's papers. Socially the Captain is a Master Mason, a member of Pearl Council No. 513, Royal Arcanum; and of Pearl Tent, No. 23, K. O. T. M.

In November, 1877, Captain Schied married Miss Celia, daughter of John and Catherine Merrick, of Toledo, Ohio, and to this union have been born two sons, Merrick M. and Austin P. The family residence is at No. & Spruce street, Ashtabula, Ohio.

Caspian Mine Headframe

The Caspian Mine Headframe is a steel mining building located at north of Caspian Road. The Caspian Mine opened in 1903, the second of three mines opened by the Verona Mining Company. Verona later sold the mine to the Pickands-Mather Company. The original headframe was wooden; the current structure was built as a replacement in 1921. The headframe is a 106 foot high steel-framed structure clad in corrugated steel siding. It is about 25 feet by 10 feet at the base and tapers to about 10 feet by 10 feet at the top. The stanchions constructed to support steel cables leading from the hoisthouse to the headframe are located nearby.

This headframe is significant as the oldest remaining headframe in Iron County. The Caspian Mine was the most productive mine in the county from its opening in 1903 until its closing in 1937. Pickands-Mather Company, the operator of the Caspian, eventually deeded the headframe, engine house, and the surrounding 5.5 acres to the Iron County Historical and Museum Society.

By the mid-1950s, ore supplier Pickands-Mather had extensive experience with iron ore shipping. Since they were building a new facility at the top of the lakes, they applied all that experience and built the perfect ore dock. This is it. Right at the moment it's not in use, but that is apparently just a temporary situation--perfect or no, the dock's worthless without something to ship.

The trains came down from the Erie Mining Taconite plant and followed an oval trestle over the dock, rather than waiting while cars were shuffled on and off the deck. The operation was sufficiently automated that the train would never completely stop moving, and the enormous switching effort required atop a more conventional dock was no longer essential.

More recent docks have addressed the same problem with conveyors, and the Missabe Road has converted two of its conventional docks into conveyor shiploaders. BNSF's Dock Five, mentioned in my previous writeup, has always struck me as a compromise solution.

William P. Snyder, sister ship to the Col. James M. Schoonmaker that is now a museum ship in Toledo, Ohio, in Interlake colors.

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John J. Lee photo # 350

Photo circa 1915

Amasa Stone

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Wyandotte MI by Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Hull 158

(An early announcement stated that this vessel would be named Samuel Mather for a co-founder of the managing company. Instead she was named for Mather’s father-in-law and the next vessel built for the fleet, in 1906, was named Samuel Mather.)

Launched March 25, 1905

545’ LOA, 525’ LBP, 55’ beam, 31’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1800 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI May 1, 1905 (Temp #65)

525.0 x 55.2 x 31.0, 6282 GT, 4930 NT US 201937 to:

Mesaba Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Permanent enrollment at Cleveland OH May 8, 1905 (#75)

Entered service May 1905

Fleet merged 1913 into Interlake Steamship Co.

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Repowered 1952 with Skinner Unaflow engine

Sold for scrap 1964 to Marine Salvage Ltd., Port Colborne ON. Filled with stone and sunk spring 1965 with str. Charles S. Hebard as part of dock at Charlevoix MI for Medusa Portland Cement Co.

Amasa Stone (April 27, 1818 in Charlton, MA – May 11, 1883) was an American industrialist who built railroads and invested in mills in Ohio. He was a major benefactor of Western Reserve College, which became part of Case Western Reserve University in 1967. Amasa Stone Chapel was built after his death in his memory. The building named after his son, Adelbert Hall, is still the home of the university administration.

Stone committed suicide by gunshot following financial setbacks in 1883. Stone's suicide may also have been due in part to his role in the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster. He was one of the designers of the faulty bridge and was found to be partly at fault for the bridge's collapse.

In 1905 Mesaba Steamship Company launched a Great Lakes bulk freighter named in honor of Amasa Stone, managed by Pickands Mather, eventually sailing under the Interlake Steamship banner. She sailed until 1960. Since 1965 the hull of the Amasa Stone has served as a breakwater for the St. Mary's Cement shipping terminal in Charlevoix, Michigan along with the hull of the Charles S. Hebard.

Likely published by John J. Lee

Dorothea M. Geary can be seen in the lower right.

William P. Snyder Jr.

1912-1986

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works. Hull 83

Keel laid July 22, 1911; launched Jan 27, 1912

With Colonel James M. Schoonmaker longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until W. Grant Morden of 1914)

(The two sisters were the largest vessels ever built for the exclusive carriage of bulk freight until 1925.)

617’ LOA, 590’ LBP, 64’ beam, 33’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2500 IHP

Enrolled April 27, 1912

590.0 x 64.2 x 34.2, 8603 GT, 6650 NT US 209662 to:

Shenango Steamship & Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port Pittsburgh PA)

Entered service April 12, 1912 clearing Ecorse MI light to Duluth MN for a cargo of iron ore

Transferred 1918 to Shenango Furnace Co.

Repowered 1950 with Skinner Unaflow engine

Sold 1966 to Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Wilmington DE)

Sold 1971 to Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Remeasured 1971 to 8625 GT, 5896 NT

Boilers converted to oil firing 1978

Sold 1983 to American Bulk Shipping Co. for use as a container vessel but operation cancelled and vessel returned to previous owner.

Sold for scrap 1986 to Port Colborne Marine Terminals, Port Colborne ON and scrapped there.

See history in Great Lakes Ships We Remember II p. 363

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John J. Lee

Col. James M. Schoonmaker

1911 - 1986 (2011)

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Ecorse MI by Great Lakes Engineering Works. Hull 82

Keel laid Feb 27, 1911; launched July 1, 1911

Longest vessel on the Great Lakes (until W. Grant Morden of 1914 – superseded Shenango of 1909) (William P. Snyder Jr. entered service 1912 at same dimensions)

(Largest vessel ever built for the exclusive carriage of bulk freight until 1925)

617’ LOA, 590’ LBP, 64’ beam, 33’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, quadruple expansion engine, 2500 IHP

Enrolled at Detroit MI Oct 7, 1911 (Temp #8)

590.0 x 64.2 x 34.2, 8603 GT, 6650 NT US 209185 to:

Great Lakes Engineering Works

Reenrolled at Buffalo NY Oct 7, 1911 (Temp #16) to:

Shenango Steamship & Transportation Co., Cleveland OH (home port Pittsburgh PA)

Entered service Oct 8, 1911 clearing Ecorse MI light to Toledo OH, where she loaded a cargo of coal for Sheboygan WI.

Transferred 1918 to Shenango Furnace Co.

Hatches to 24’ centers 1948

Repowered 1952 with steam turbine engine and oil-fired boilers

Sold 1969 to Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Wilmington DE)

Sold 1971 to Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co., Cleveland OH

Sold 1983 to American Bulk Shipping Co. for use as a container vessel but operation cancelled and vessel returned to previous owner.

Sold 1986 to City of Toledo OH for use as a museum in Toledo harbor.

Renamed Col. James M. Schoonmaker 2011

IMO 5077228

At Toledo OH 2011 as a museum vessel

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She's shown her in her final days of sailing under charter for Cleveland Cliffs up bound at Detroit. She was launched in 1943 as Frank Purnell for Pickands and Mather till 1964. Steelton till 1978 and Pioneer 1979 till 1982. She is now a storage transfer vessel CTC No1 at South Chicago.

Caspian Mine Headframe

The Caspian Mine Headframe is a steel mining building located at north of Caspian Road. The Caspian Mine opened in 1903, the second of three mines opened by the Verona Mining Company. Verona later sold the mine to the Pickands-Mather Company. The original headframe was wooden; the current structure was built as a replacement in 1921. The headframe is a 106 foot high steel-framed structure clad in corrugated steel siding. It is about 25 feet by 10 feet at the base and tapers to about 10 feet by 10 feet at the top. The stanchions constructed to support steel cables leading from the hoisthouse to the headframe are located nearby.

This headframe is significant as the oldest remaining headframe in Iron County. The Caspian Mine was the most productive mine in the county from its opening in 1903 until its closing in 1937. Pickands-Mather Company, the operator of the Caspian, eventually deeded the headframe, engine house, and the surrounding 5.5 acres to the Iron County Historical and Museum Society.

Grand Arcade,(architect unknown, 1883) 408 St. Clair Avenue

Once the city's tallest structure in 1883, the Grand Arcade headquartered numerous iron ore and oil companies, as well as railroad lines and a manufacturer of industrial cleaners.

Note the balance of the horizontal and vertical elements on the main facade. This balance is achieved through the use of piers and stringcourse walls. Originally the Grand Arcade had an iron skylight that allowed natural light to reach most parts of the building's interior.

The building's owner, William C. Scofield, founded Scofield, Sherman, and Teagle, a pioneer firm in the oil industry and prominent competitor to John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil. By the 1890s, tenants included Pickands, Mather & Company (see Perry-Payne Building), Western Union Telegraph and the Phoenix Oil Company, a manufacturer of industrial and home cleaners, including Murphy's Oil Soap.

In the early 1930s, the building was occupied by the Standard Drug Company. By the 1940s, Standard Drug had become Cleveland's largest drug store chain. It vacated the Grand Arcade in 1961 when the company was purchased by Regal Drug Stores, which later became part of the Revco chain. Rehabilitated in the early 1990s, the Grand Arcade now houses apartments.

www.highrises.com/cleveland/grand-arcade-condos/

Interlake's Elton Hoyt, 2nd, at Marquette's Presque Isle dock, sometime in the late 1980s. (The original Elton Hoyt, 2nd, was boss of the Pickands Mather [Interlake] fleet.)

This ship is now sailing as Michipicoten.

An old scan; we'll find the negative some day and rescan. Until that time, I rather like this picture.

Shot with my Minolta Freedom 100.

Santiago

1899-1918

Wooden Great Lakes bulk freight schooner barge

Built at West Bay City MI by James Davidson, Hull 90

Launched June 8, 1899

336’ LOA, 324’ LBP, 45’5” beam, 26’ depth

1 deck, hold beams

Enrolled at Port Huron MI June 7, 1899 (#71)

324.0 x 45.5 x 21.5, 2600 GT, 2525 NT US 116893 to:

James Davidson, West Bay City MI

Entered service 1899

Sold 1899 to Boston Coal Dock & Wharf Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port to Cleveland OH)

Sold 1914 to Buffalo Transit Co., Buffalo NY, John J. Boland, Mgr.

Transferred 1917 to Nyanza Transit Co., Buffalo NY, Joseph A. Boland, Mgr.

Sold 1918 to Morrow Stamship Co., Cleveland OH, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., Mgr.

Foundered Sept 10, 1918 14 miles off Point Aux Barques MI, Lake Huron. Downbound with cargo of iron ore towed by str. John F. Morrow, which rescued her crew.

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Thomas Wilson:

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Adriatic

Steel Great Lakes bulk freighter

Built at Lorain OH by American Ship Building Co., Hull 354

Launched Oct 19, 1907

440’ LOA, 420’ LBP, 52’ beam, 28’ depth

1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 12’, coal-fired boilers, triple expansion engine, 1500 IHP

Enrolled at Cleveland OH Nov 11, 1907 (#27)

420.0 x 52.0 x 28.0, 4945 GT, 3605 NT US 204726 to:

Lackawanna Steamship Co., Cleveland OH, Pickands Mather & Co., Mgr. (home port Fairport OH)

Entered service 1908

Fleet renamed Interlake Steamship Co. 1913

Rebuilt 1921

Remeasured to 4658 GT, 3391 NT

Home port to Wilmington DE 1932

Sold for scrap 1962 to Inland Ship Salvage Co., Ashtabula OH. Scrapped at Ashtabula.

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