Maumee in Ashtabula Harbor Unloading Rock
I would like to thank David Walker of Media Magic for the shout out that the ship was in port and unloading. Thanks Dave :)
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HOW CLOSE CAN YOU DOCK??
The Maumee docks in Ashtabula, OH next to the draw bridge to off load rock to a local dealer. This certainly draws alot of attention. This photo was snapped from the Ashtabula river draw bridge. History of the Maumee Launched June 22, 1929 as the William G. Clyde for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company (a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corp.), this Great Lakes bulk carrier was built as hull # 804 by American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH. The Clyde entered service August 15, 1929 when she departed on her maiden voyage light from Lorain, OH to Duluth, MN to load iron ore. Due to the nation's prosperous economy at the time, the William G. Clyde was one of three vessels built for the Pittsburgh Steamship fleet in 1929. The other two vessels were the Horace Johnson also built by the American Ship Building Co., Lorain as hull # 805, scrapped in 1984; and the Calumet (Myron C. Taylor, 1929 - 2001) built as hull # 269 by Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI, sold...