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2013.044.015

Print, Photographic

Black and white photo of the Ford Motor Company Marine Division freighter ERNEST R. BREECH leaving the in the Soo Locks' MacArthur Lock heading east, as taken from the shore off of its starboard quarter. The U.S. Steel Corporation freighter ROBERT C. STANLEY enters the Poe Lock on the left side of the frame. The Bethlehem Steel Corporation freighter LEHIGH waits outside the Davis Lock in the background. A handwritten note is on the verso:

Neg. #22
Soo Locks
STR. ROBERT C. STANLEY
Great L:akes Fleet Div. U.S. Steel Co.
Built 1943 - Tonnage 15,800 Length 621', Beam 60', Depth 35'
STR. LEHIGH
Bethlehem Steamship Fleet
Built 1943 Tonnage 15,500. Length 621', Beam 60', Depth 35'
STR. ERNEST R. BREECH
Ford Motor Co. Fleet Built 1952
Tonnage 18,500 Length 642', Beam 67', Depth 35'

Date
c. 1971
Collection
Print Size
5" x 3.5"
Search Terms
Freighters, Ford Motor Company, ERNEST R. BREECH, CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Soo Locks, ROBERT C. STANLEY
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