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dc.contributor.author Unknown en_US
dc.coverage.spatial Great Lakes en_US
dc.coverage.temporal ca. 1923 -- 1956 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2008-09-23T10:08:03Z
dc.date.available 2008-09-23T10:08:03Z
dc.date.created n.d. en_US
dc.date.issued 2008-09-23T10:08:03Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2374.BGSU/949
dc.description The GREATER DETROIT was built in 1923 by American Ship Building Co. at Lorain, OH U.S. The Greater Detroit is a steel hulled steamer with a length of 518 feet, and a width of 58 feet. It displaces 7739 tons, and has a load capacity of 3330 tons. It entered service in the year 1923 under the ownership of Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. of Detroit, MI U.S. The vessel was removed from service with the following notation: Sold in 1956 to Abraham Siegel and Robert Rosen, of Detroit, MI. Burned as a spectacle on Lake St. Clair, on the night of December 12, 1956, and upper works scrapped by them. Hull towed to Hamilton, Ont., arriving there on May 1, 1957, for scrapping by Steel Co. of Canada, Ltd. The photograph shows the Greater Detroit under way on the Great Lakes. More information about this vessel is available at the <a href="http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page39984.html">HCGL Website</a> en_US
dc.language en_US en_US
dc.relation.ispartof HCGL Main Photograph Collection en_US
dc.rights World en_US
dc.rights.uri http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/library/cac/page41430.html en_US
dc.subject.lcsh ships -- great lakes -- n. america en_US
dc.subject.lcsh ships -- great lakes -- Ohio en_US
dc.title Greater Detroit en_US
dc.type 4 x 5 Black & White Print en_US
dc.contributor.repository Historic Collections of the Great Lakes en_US
dc.contributor.repository Historical Collections of the Great Lakes / Center for Archival Collections en_US
dc.publisher.digital Historical Collections of the Great Lakes en_US
dc.date.digitized 03/08/2000 en_US
dc.equipment.digitizing HP Scanjet 6200C en_US
dc.relation.hasformat Photographic Print en_US
dc.contributor.institution Bowling Green State University en_US

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