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SS J.H. Sheadle
The J.H. Sheadle was an American Lake freighter, Great Lakes freighter built in 1906. She was built in Ecorse, Michigan, by the Great Lakes Engineering Works. She was owned by the Grand Island Steamship Company of Cleveland, Ohio. She had the identification number #203826. She was used to transport coal, iron ore and grain across the Great Lakes of North America and Canada. History The ''Sheadle'' was built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works of Ecorse, Michigan, for the Grand Island Steamship Company of Cleveland, Ohio. She was launched on September 29, 1906, as hull #22. She was powered by a 1,665-horsepower triple-expansion steam engine and fueled by two Scotch marine boilers. She had a length of 550 feet, a beam of 56 feet and a height of 31 feet. On November 6, 1913, the ''Sheadle'' was downbound from Fort William, Ontario, Fort William to Erie, Pennsylvania. On that same day the ''Sheadle'' met up with another downbound freighter, the Canadian steamer SS James Carruthers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soo Locks
The Soo Locks (sometimes spelled Sault Locks but pronounced "soo") are a set of parallel locks, operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. They are located on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, between the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario. They bypass the rapids of the river, where the water falls . The locks pass an average of 10,000 ships per year, despite being closed during the winter from January through March, when ice shuts down shipping on the Great Lakes. The winter closure period is used to inspect and maintain the locks. The locks share a name (usually shortened and anglicized as ''Soo'') with the two cities named Sault Ste. Marie, in Ontario and in Michigan, located on either side of the St. Marys River. The Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge between the United State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
