Photo of the Day - February 28, 2014

Here is the Stephen B. Roman approaching the then Essroc Cement dock in Essexville during the 2012 season.  The next season the dock was owned by Lafarge and the Roman was no longer a visitor to the Saginaw River

Photo of the Day - February 23, 2014

E.M. Ford on the Saginaw River 2001 or 2002 Season.

Photo of the Day - February 22, 2014

CSL Tadoussac on the Saginaw River and at the Essroc Dock in Essexville. Three of the photos show when the brake on the boom failed and it fell to the dock at Essroc (2005)

Photo of the Day - February 19, 2014

Wilfred Sykes on the Saginaw River in 2003 - just of the Bay City Wirt Stone dock- outbound

Photo of the Day - February 14, 2014

S.T. Crapo on the Saginaw River during the 1994 season.  She is shown in all three photos in Essexville, near the Range Lights

Photo of the Day - February 13, 2014

Now sailing for Lower Lakes as Ojibway, she is one of my all time favorites.  Ojibway was built in 1952 in my hometown of Bay City, at Defoe Shipbuilding, where a number of my family members worked.  I have only saw her in person the one time, Port Huron in 2006.  She was sailing then as the Voyageur Independent.

Photo of the Day - February 11, 2014

Algoway inbound on the Saginaw River, nearing the North Star dock in Essexville.  This was taken during the 2004 Season.

Photo of the Day - February 10, 2014

Invincible - McKee Sons inbound on the Saginaw River during the 2007 shipping season.  Note the Saginaw River Rear Range Lighthouse just off the starboard bow.  Below this image are two photos of the tug Invincible out of the notch and upbound for Saginaw to assist another Lower Lakes vessel in turning.

Photo of the Day - February 9, 2014

Earl W. Oglebay inbound on the Saginaw River in 2006.  Sadly, the ON logo had been removed from her stack, setting a new course for her future and the future of the Oglebay Norton fleet.

Photo of the Day - February 8, 2014

Gone but not forgotten - Calumet upbound on the Saginaw River, December 2005, headed up to the Wirt Stone Dock in Bay City to unload.

Photo of the Day - February 6, 2014

This 2004 photo shows the Richard Reiss outbound from the Saginaw River, nearing Smith Park in Essexville.

Photo of the Day - February 5, 2014

Agawa Canyon headed out of the Saginaw River at Smith Park in Essexville during the 2003 season.

Photo of the Day - February 2, 2014

Taken during the 2002 season, this photo shows the Frontenac unloading at what was then the Essroc Cement dock in Essexville.

Photo of the Day - February 1, 2014

I took this photo of the Maumee on the Saginaw River in 2001, just past the bend at the Essexvillle Range Lights.