Should have known the song was gonna be that.
That ore boat had a loose keel. It was supposed to be either sent to be dismantled and redone or scraped after that run.
They would drive steel plate under the ribbing to tighten up the keel and weld them in.
Should not have been on the lakes at that time.
Us old timers referred to those ships as Boats and not ships at that time. On the lakes they were called boats and anything in from the ocean going vessels were called ships. Why? Because the keels are different, the lakes vessels have a flatter or more rounded bottom and a wide beam and rounded bow. Matter of fact, some of the older ore vessels now have had the back cut out and fitted so they can push them with tugs. Back in the day, they would even tow them.
Been over that bridge many a time.
I’m an old timer too and a former ship owner
to me a 26,000 tons deadweight cargo vessel is a ship by any measurement
You can put a boat on a ship but not vice versa
But I guess Lakes folk like to think of any lake vessel as a boat...fair enough
I drive that bridge a bit too
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