Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: calcite

"Looking from bow to stern on S.S. Calcite showing open hatches. Docked ft of 17th St. Bay City, Mich. Thurs. Sept 1 1938" Second of four Calcite photos; the ship's history is sketched with the first . A truly remarkable photo, this one, showing not only the deck detail but some features of the working Bay City waterfront. Borucki's Lakers

"Sunday Nov 14, 1937 boat loading limestone at Rogers City Mich." B.H. Taylor was launched on September 1, 1923 at Lorain for Rogers City-based Bradley Transportation (a division of US Steel). She was renamed to Rogers City in 1957, and scrapped in 1988. The Milwaukee Public Library has several pictures of this then-new ship helping build Milwaukee's breakwater in 1924. According to the Milwaukee contractor, Edward E Gillen Company, the Taylor was the "Biggest, best, & fastest self unloader in the world." Perhaps in 1924, but at 522 feet she was not a large ship. I was unable to find anything about the person this ship honored except that he was one of Carl Bradley's pallbearers, which likely means (or verifies) that he was a Steel Corp executive. Any assistance would be appreciated. Borucki's Lakers