Algomarine - Self Unloading Bulk Carrier

23 September 2014

Algomarine, upbound from Lock 3 toward Lock 2 - St Catharines

Algomarine in Lock 3 waiting to be lowered

Algomarine leaving Lock 3 

(Photos below are taken from the Queenston St Bridge )

Algomarine just leaving Lock 3 heading for the Queenston St Bridge. The vehicle guard on the bridge is still up.

Approaching the raised Queenston St. Bridge

Passing through the Queenston St. Bridge

Algomarine about to pass beneath the Garden City Skyway (QEW)

Manager: Algoma Central Corporation

Registry: Sault Ste. Marie / Canada

Builder: Davie Shipbuilding Ltd, 1968, Hull 665 (see below)

Type: Great Lakes Self Unloading Bulk Carrier

Principal Particulars

LOA 222.50 m 730'- 0"

LBP 216.18 m 709'- 3" 

Beam (mld) 22.86 m 75'- 0" 

Depth (mld) 12.09 m 39'- 8"

The Davie shipyard was founded in 1825 by Allison Davie. The company was established on the south shore of the St Lawrence River across from Quebec City in Lauzon, Quebec.

Algoma Central Corporation: Algomarine

Boatnerd: Algomarine

Steamship William G. Mather Martime Museum - Cleveland

20 September 2014

This post is a departure from the Welland Canal...to the Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum, an exhibit at the Great Lakes Science Center.in Cleveland, Ohio. The Great Lakes Historical Society has beautifully preserved and maintained her.

According to a plaque beside the ship: 

Steamship William G. Mather

The Ship That Built Cleveland.

Built in 1925, the 618 foot bulk carrier was the flagship of Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. The ship is named for William Gwinn Mather, founder and president of the company for more than 40 years. With a combined capacity of 14, 000 tons, the steamship carried iron ore, coal, limestone and grain between Cleveland and Duluth, Minnesota before being retired in 1980.

The William G. Mather has claim to a few first aboard Great Lakes steamships.

The first radar system

The first bow thruster

The first engine room computer

Captain's quarters

Captain's quarters

Pilot House

Pilot House

Pilot House

Pilot House

View from the Pilot House, of the cargo holds and Lake Erie

View of the Pilot House with downtown Cleveland behind it.

The smokestack.

Inside the cargo hold

STEAMSHIP WILLIAM G. MATHER

A Brief History of the steamship William G. Mather

Algoma Transport (formerly Canadian Transport) - Self-Unloader

17 September 2014

Algoma Transport, Upbound - Queenston Bridge area - St Catharines

Queenston St Bridge is open and Algoma Transport is passing through. They have been doing scheduled maintenance on the bridge the last couple of days.

The same yacht that passed by the Morgenstond I near Lock 4 passed by the Algoma Transport after it left Lock 3.

Algoma Transport

Boatnerd - Algoma Transport

Dimensions:

Length 730' 00"

Beam 75' 08"

Depth 46' 06"

Capacity (tons) 35,100

Algoma Montrealais - Bulk Carrier

14 September 2014

Lock 2 - Carlton St. Bridge - St Catharines

The Carlton St. Bridge wouldn't open and there was quite a delay while it was being repaired.

 The beautiful Algoma Montrealais was fully raised and waiting to leave Lock 2.

Boatnerd: Algoma Montrealais

Duluth Shipping News - Algoma Montrealais

Ship Spotting - Algoma Montrealais

Manager: Algoma Central Corporation

Registry: Toronto / Canada

Builder: Canadian Vickers Ltd, 1962, Hull 278

Type: Great Lakes Gearless Bulk Carrier

Principal Particulars

LOA 222.50 m 730'- 0"                 

Beam (mld) 22.86 m 75'- 0"                  

Depth (mld) 11.94 m 39'- 2"

In 1962, when the Montrealais was launched, she was the largest Canadian freighter on the Great Lakes. Quote from shipspotting.com: " She will be towed to Aliaga Turkey and scrapped late this year (2014). She is the last steamship sailing on the Great Lakes under the Canadian flag." And if this is true, and she is to be scrapped...tugboathunter says it best: Strange to Think I’ll Miss Them All

And some beautiful photos of her on the same website: tugboathunter. Montrealais

English River

English River, downbound, Lock 3
22 June 2014

The English River was launched in 1961. She is a lake freighter and bulk carrier. Since 1973 when she was converted to a self-loading and unloading bulk carrier, she has mainly carried raw concrete. The English River is owned by Canada Cement Lafarge, and she is operated by Canada Steamship

Link to Boatnerd website: English River