Great lake boats, a good video

[ArlyA]

Man-o-man look at the smoke. I believe we see a steam powered tug in the harbor. Caption is below.
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The bluffs that overlook Duluth offer spectacular views of the Superior and Saint Louis bays, Lake Superior, Superior, Wisconsin, and Duluth itself. Yet, however majestic, getting up to the top of the bluffs was a chore, even into the earlier part of the streetcar era. Transit in Duluth began with a horsecar system, but a line to the top of the bluffs was not part of the system as there was no feasible or reasonable way for a horse to pull a practical horsecar up this steep incline. Electric streetcars could not surmount this steep of an incline either, so an incline rail system was constructed to tackle the challenge. The photo shows the second of three iteractions of the Duluth Incline, with the incline car stopped to pick up passengers at an intermediate station. On the track opposite the incline car can be seen the counterweight used to help pull the car up the grade and gradually descend. Running on the right-of-way for 7th Avenue West, the incline was one of the last transit lines on the Duluth Street Railway system, surviving until the shutdown in 1939.

 

[MossRoad]

Very cool. When one of four kids lived in Pittsburgh we'd ride the inclines that are still there.

 

[ArlyA]

The new Mark Barker still working this time of the year.

 

[ArlyA]

Another trip to Fraser shipyard in superior Wisconsin for winter layup. Lee A Tregurtha and Arthur M Anderson up close and in the back you can see Manitoulin,Paul R Tregurtha and former queen of the lakes Edward L Ryerson.

 

[MossRoad]

What's going on in the white tents?

 

[ArlyA]

What's going on in the white tents?

Fraser is building a boat, or was it a barge for someone. That was posted a few pages back.

 

[ArlyA]

This tug was built in 1912 and crapped in 1021. I wish I cold last that long!
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This was back from 2/9/19 on a very chilly morning in Milwaukee. Tug Superior cleared a path through the ice for the Algoma Innovator to make her way into the harbor. I looked up information on Superior and it was built in 1912 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin (hull #50) as the Richard Fitzgerald for the Chicago River and Indiana Railroad Company of Chicago, Illinois. It was placed out of service in 2020 and scrapped in 2021.

 

[jjeff]

The G on the stack makes me think that was owned and operated by the Gillen marine construction company in Milwaukee.

 

[ArlyA]

The G on the stack makes me think that was owned and operated by the Gillen marine construction company in Milwaukee.

Great Lakes towing co The Great Lakes Towing Company » The Great Lakes Group

 

[jjeff]

Yep, I believe here's an old Gillen tug they used a regular looking G I think they are out of business or down scaled there company in the last few decades.