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The WILLIAM A. ROGERS was built in 1905 by American Ship Building Co. at Lorain, OH U.S. The William A. Rogers is a steel hulled propeller driven vessel with a length of 525 feet, and a width of 55 feet. It displaces 6524 tons, and has a load capacity of 5101 tons. It entered service in the year 1905 under the ownership of Tonawanda Iron & Steel Co. of North Tonawanda, NY U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Scrapped by Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd., Hamilton, Ont., in 1948. After lying in Erie, PA, 1945-1946, passed down, Port Colborne, June 9, 1946, in tow of tugs A.M. MCAULEY and DALHOUSIE ROVER, bound for Hamilton, Ontario. The photograph shows the William A. Rogers under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the HCGL Website |
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