Solid ice cover prevents any escape for the former IMPERIAL SARNIA. - Port Colborne Feb 10, 2013.
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The Mary Hopkin's song lyrics, "those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end...", may work well for the classic Great Lakes iron ore carrier LEE A. TREGURTHA (http://carlzboats.blogspot.ca/2013/01/self-unloader-lee-tregurtha-part2.html?spref=bl) which while still sailing after over 70 year, it seems her life and usefullness may go on "forever and a day".
Photo by Jeff Cameron |
However such was not the case for the former tanker PROVMAR TERMINAL II which I snapped in February 10, 2013 as she sat tied off to the former self unloader, MAUMEE and waiting to be broken up as scrap metal at International Marine Salvage (IMS) or now officially knownMarine Recycling Corporation (MRC) salvage yard in Port Colborne, the last ongoing ship graveyard on the Canadian side of the Great Lakes. Established in 1983, MRC (and predecessor IMS) has recycled in excess of 1 million tons of metal wastes and by-products to date. According to their website, a typical 600 to 700 foot laker will yield some 5,000 tons of steel. Also, not only does recycling of metal save the environment and conserve natural resources, but apparently there's also an average energy savings of 85% when metal is manufactured from scrap rather than manufacturing new metals from ore. I did not know that! Metal is indefinitely recyclable.
IMPERIAL SARNIA on Welland Canal taken be John Coulter on October 30, 1982. (John Coulter Collection courtesy Fred Miller, Port Huron, MI) |
Unlike so many of man's creations that are daily being buried as landfill, at least end of life classics like the JAMES NORRIS, MAUMEE, PROVMAR TERMINAL II and so many more will continued to be reused over and over again. You may want to look at a steel 'I' beam or rebar differently from now on, eh?
MAUMEE taken Octber 9, 2013 https://carlzboats.blogspot.com/2014/04/self-unloader-maumee_18.html
BTW, to view thousands of Great Lakes ship photos both modern and vintage, be sure to checkout http://www.greatlakesships.ca or http://www.oceanships.ca for photos of ships from elsewhere around the world. You'll be Glad You Did!!
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ReplyDeleteI've taken pictures of her last trip through the Welland canal. Vigilant I was toeing with the help from Lac Manitoba
ReplyDeleteSorry for not seeing you comments sooner. They use to come directly to me via my google mail address but not this one. If you want to share your photos with me, I’ll add them to my post. I’ll credit you of course. Best send it to cburkett@rogers.com. Thanks.
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