Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: lakes boats

Unloading coal at Ontonagon, Michigan.

Long named Calcite II....

M/V Walter J. McCarthy, Jr, heading toward Lake Huron under the Blue Water Bridges early yesterday afternoon. When I published a photo of Indiana Harbor a few months ago I remarked that the American Steamship freighters all look "pretty much alike"--still true, as you can see by comparing the photographs. It's still a thrill to see these big ships on the water, particularly when they're lightly loaded and seem more like a portable wall than a vessel. This boat is Indiana Harbor's twin, though their normal cargoes differ somewhat. By the way, it isn't always grey in Port Huron, but the town does seem to have its own private weather much of the time.

A classic calendar view of ULS steamship Quebecois, downbound just below the St. Mary's locks on June 21, 2004. Camera: Nikon N90s

Arthur Anderson downbound from Poe Lock at Sault Ste. Marie in the late 1980s. Camera: Minolta Freedom 100

Camera: Chinon Genesis III Photo by Joel Dinda More information

This is the first of a series of photographs of the Kinsman Independent, taken at Sault Ste. Marie in June of 1992.

"Monroe March 23 1958 Pittsburg Steamship Co. ship at winter berths Saturday" [Lots of good information in the [flickr] comments. Thanks, all.] Six ships in last week's photo , not five.... The ships : Unknown, Unknown, A.H. Ferbert, Governor Miller, Unknown, and John Hulst. (If you've reasonable guesses at the Unknown ships, please share. Thanks.) Winter layup's been a "feature" of Great Lakes shipping for as long as the lakes have hosted large ships. It's generally less uneconomical to park the ships than to keep the harbors ice-free, so most of the boats take to port from mid-January to late March. This photograph's less sharp than most in the set, and I've cropped a lot of "dead air" from the photograph. Borucki's Lakers

"March 23 1958 Sterns of freighters at Monroe Harbor Monroe Michigan Saturday" The nearest ship is John Hulst, and the fourth is A.H. Ferbert; the second seems not to be labelled, and I can't read the names on the others (both names are quite long). There are six ships in the harbor (see the next photo ), but only five seem to be visible here. John Hulst was Vice President of the Steel Corporation when his namesake was built in 1938; the ship hauled ore on the Lakes for 40 years, and was scrapped in 1986. =========== Had a short chat with Rick Borucki on Friday. He tells me his father labelled all his photographs with date/description/location, which Rick finds as amazing as I do. This is, apparently, just a small portion of the original collection of Lakers photographs. Borucki's Lakers

"Sunday Jan 16 1949 Steel Trust steamers docked at Monroe harbor for winter Monroe, Mich" That's 57 years ago tomorrow.... Governor Miller, Benjamin Fairless, Sewell Avery, Enders Voorhees, & A.H. Ferbert (I think)--three of the ships the Pittsburgh fleet called "Supers," and a couple comparable boats. Pretty impressive iron for the day, all lined up in a row six weeks before I was born. I'm frankly amazed that our commenter called these "Steel Trust" boats in 1949. That essentially-derogatory label held on for a long time. And that car, parked by the Fairless, is a neat touch. ------- Great Lakes shipping closes down on January 15 (that's today) every winter. The boats take refuge where they may.... ------- I trimmed a lot of parking lot and a bit of sky out of this photo because I wanted to concentrate on the ships. And I've made the 3698-pixel-wide scan available because there's a surprising amount of detail visible from what was a tiny, messy print. Borucki's Lakers