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Rescue
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| Title: | Rescue |
| Alternative Title: | No Alternative Title |
| Author: | Unknown |
| Series Title: | No Series |
| Date: | 1947/12 |
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| Publisher: | Historical Collections of the Great Lakes |
| Description: | The RESCUE was built in 1904 by American Ship Building Co. at Lorain, OH U.S. The Rescue is a steel hulled barge (lighter) with a length of 180 feet, and a width of 37 feet. It displaces 894 tons, and has a load capacity of 790 tons. It entered service in the year 1904 under the ownership of Great Lakes Towing Co. of Cleveland, OH U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Passed down, Port Colborne, October 23, 1947, in tow of tug HELENA, bound for Hamilton, Ontario. Scrapped there in 1948 by Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd. The photograph shows the Rescue at Hamilton, Ont. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |
| Subject: | ships -- great lakes -- n. america; ships -- great lakes -- Ohio |
| Coverage Spatial: | Hamilton, Ont. |
| Coverage Temporal: | ca. 1904 -- 1947 |
| Type: | 2 x 4 Black & White Print |
| Language: | Language Not Specified |
| Persistent URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/890 |
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