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The “Thomas F. Cole,” 11,200 Tons, Being Fitted with Engines and Boilers after her Launching 16 The “Cole” is the largest ship on the Lakes. Length, 605 feet 5 inches.
Her First Trip--Off for the Ore Regions of the North 18
This Shows Some of the 800,000 Rivets that Go to the Making of a 10,000-Ton Leviathan of the Inland Seas 22
Ice-Bound. Thirty-two Boats Tied up in the Ice at the Soo 26 From a Photograph by Lord & Thomas, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
A Network of Tracks Running through the Ore Lands 28
Captains of the Vessels of the American Steamship Company 30
The “Montezuma” 32 The largest wooden ship on fresh water being towed out of the Maumee River, Toledo.
A Coal Dock at Superior, Wisconsin 34 The pile of coal is 1400 feet long and 30 feet high.
The Record Load Hauled by One Team out of the Michigan Woods, 20,000 Feet 36
One Steam Shovel Keeps Three Locomotives and Trains Busy 38
Steamers at a Modern Ore Unloading Plant at Conneaut 40
The Main Slip in the Harbour of Conneaut 42 Conneaut is the second largest ore-receiving port on the Lakes.
One of the Huge Open Pits of the Mesaba Range 44
A Raft of Five Million Pulp Logs on the North Shore of Lake Michigan 48
Scooping up Ore from the Mahoning Mine at Hibbing 52 The largest open pit mine in the world.
A Mining Town on the Mesaba Range, where a Few Years ago the Deer and Bear Roamed Undisturbed 54
Harbour View at Conneaut, Ohio, Showing Docks and Machinery 56
A Steam Shovel at Work 58 This removes from 4000 to 8000 tons of ore a day.
The Old and the New 62 A modern freight carrier passing one of the old schooners.
Little Venice, St. Clair River 80 Showing the type of “Inns,” where people may pass their holidays at small expense. Courtesy of Northern Steamship Co.
Steamer “Western States” 84 One of the largest and fastest boats on the Lakes. Carries 2500 people and her fastest speed is 20 miles an hour. From a Photograph by Detroit Photographic Co.
Steamship “North West” in American Lock 86
Cottages Built at Small Expense along the St. Mary’s River 88
A Steamer Stripped by a Tow-line by Running between a Steamer and her Consort 90 From a Photograph by Lord & Rhoades, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
A Remarkable Photograph Showing the Big Freighter “Stimson” in a Holocaust of Smoke and Flame 94
After a Fierce Night’s “Late Navigation” Run across Lake Superior 96
A Ship that Made the Shore before she Sank. The Work of Raising her in Progress 100
A Treacherous Sea in its Garb of Greatest Beauty 102 One phase of Lake navigation.
A View of the “Zimmerman” 104 After a collision with another freighter.
_The Steamer “Wahcondah_” 108 One of the Lake grain carriers which was caught in a storm late in the season after being buffeted by the waves of Lake Superior for about fourteen hours.
This is One of the Most Remarkable Photographs Ever Taken on the Lakes. It Shows a Sinking Lumber Barge just as She Was Breaking in Two 110 The photograph was taken from a small boat.
The Residence of Ansley Wilcox at Buffalo 114 Where President Roosevelt took the oath of office. Copyright 1908 by Detroit Photographic Co.
A Bird’s-eye View of the Harbour of Duluth, Taken from the Hill 116 From a Photograph by Maher, Duluth.
The Ship Canal and Aërial Bridge, Duluth, Minn. 118 Copyright 1908 by Detroit Photographic Co.
Fleet of Boats in Duluth Harbour Waiting to Unload 122
View Looking South-west from the New Chamber of Commerce Building, Buffalo 124
Unloading at One of the Coal Docks at Duluth 126
A Fleet of Erie Canal Boats--Capacity of Each 150 Tons 128 The boats on the new canal will be 1000 tons each.
Observation Room on the “Wm. G. Mather” 144 Which gives an idea of the luxuriousness of the guests’ quarters on a Great Lakes freighter.
The Luxurious Dining-room on the 10,000-Ton Steamer “J. H. Sheadle” 146
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