Saginaw at the Standard Elevator
by Chris Bordeleau
Title
Saginaw at the Standard Elevator
Artist
Chris Bordeleau
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Saginaw in the Buffalo River at sunrise filling the American Standard grain elevator.
The lake freighter Saginaw was commissioned the John J. Boland, in 1953, the third vessel to bear that name. Her namesake John Hames Boland, was a co-founder of Cornelius & Boland, the precursor to American Steamship Company, the owners and operators of the vessel.
Boland, hull #417 delivered September 1953, was one of three self-loading bulk carriers built at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, Wisconsin. By the 1980s the ship had become among the oldest operated by American Steamship Company and was idle for eight years until returned to operation after on April 22, 1992 when Boland departed Superior, Wisconsin for Marquette, Michigan. In 1999 she was sold to Lower Lakes Towing, and renamed Saginaw.
On the left you can see the American Standard grain elevator, which was built in 1926 by James Stewart & Company.
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May 30th, 2015
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Colette V Hera Guggenheim
Splendid ,huge L/FEatures into groups around
Chris Bordeleau replied:
thank you for the feature Colette... I was so happy to see the boat docked... really made the photo in my opinion