Marquette

Beejay ( Di's note says Bee Jay; the sign can be read either way) lives near the Upper Harbor ore dock in Marquette. She's pretty small. Don't know, and can't find, much about her, but we offer some reasonable speculations.... Presumably she belongs to Cleveland Cliffs/LS&I, since she's anchored next to the LS&I dock (actually, in the slip beside the harbormaster's shack). Doesn't look like she gets out much anymore, but perhaps someone fires her up every now and then. LIkely she used to push the ships snug against the dock, before the builders installed bow thrusters on most of the Lakers.

Marquette, Michigan. Launched 1953, she was originally the Edward B. Greene of the Cleveland-Cliffs fleet, then was Benson Ford with the Ford/Rouge Steel fleet for a few years. She's been part of the Interlake fleet since 1989, and has had this name since 1990.

@ the Upper Harbor (LS&I) Dock, Marquette, Michigan.

Presque Isle Park in Marquette, Michigan; 7/15/2011. Kaye E. Barker in the background, at the ore dock.