The Huron Lightship from the Air

 I had a little time to kill before the next ship.  I didn't want to put a half charged battery in the drone for the next ship just in case.  I also didn't want to put a half charged battery on the charger, so I decided to take some pictures of the lightship.

It is a pretty neat looking ship.

One of these days, I may need to take the tour of her.

But for now, I'll be content with pictures of her.

the beam shot of her.  I can only imagine what this looked like when she was active.

The Huron Lightship from the Air

 As I was taking a picture of another ship, I passed the Huron Lightship on the way back to landing my drone.  I decided to take a couple pictures of it.

I don't like the fact that they have it out of the water but it will last longer this way than if they kept it in the water.

One of these days, I'm going to tour her.

The Huron and Hollyhock

Just decided to take pictures of both of these while waiting.

 The Huron is a lightship that used to operate by Port Huron.  I'm not sure what it was replaced by but now it is a museum.

The Hollyhock is a Coast Guard buoy tender/icebreaker.  There wasn't alot of ice this year, so it wasn't particularly busy.  I think it was doing buoy tending not too long ago.

The Huron Lightship

Occasionally, the Huron will sneak into my pictures.

I liked the fact that her light was shining.  I tried a little underexposed to get her light. 

The Soon to be Algoma Compass at Rest

I found out this week that the Adam E. Cornelius was going to be renamed the Algoma Compass when she is taken over by her new owners.  I actually think that is a pretty cool name.

 Supposedly she isn't going to be in Huron much longer.  Somebody said she is going to Erie, PA where she will get some work.  And judging by her paint, it looks like she needs it.

 I think she is going to replace either the Algorail or Algoway.  That's kind of a shame as I like both of those ships.

 But the Cornelius doesn't look that bad.

 The lighting was almost perfect for me.  It was a beautiful day yesterday.

 A shot from close to the front.

And one more before moving on.

Ships at Rest Again...

After Marblehead, I decided to head over to Huron, Ohio to catch the ships in layup there.  Again, I think the weather makes for some nice ship pictures.

 The Adam Cornelius is still in layup and it sounds like she isn't coming out this year either.

 The Sam Laud is still in layup and from what I've heard she's not likely to come out this year either. Although things could change and she might be out later this year.  It would be kind of nice to see her out and about.

 Another shot of the Adam Cornelius.

 One more shot of the Laud before it started to rain hard again.

 Then I decided to shoot a couple pictures through the rain covered window.  For this one I focused on the ship.  I kind of like it.

But I think I like this one more.

Ships at Rest in Huron, Ohio

Since it wasn't too far away, I decided to head over to Huron, Ohio.  It has been close to a month since I've seen any ships and I knew I would catch at least one there.

 I wasn't expecting to see the Sam Laud there but she was there.  She was in a position where I could get decent pictures of her.

 I was expecting to see the Adam E. Cornelius there though.  She has been laid up here for a couple of years now.

 I suspect that she is probably going to be laid up again this year as well. 

 Apparently the Sam Laud may be laid up here for a while too.  With a number of coal power plants closing, the demand may not be there.

 Another shot of the Cornelius.

 Probably my favorite angle of the Cornelius.  I just wish it was more unobstructed.

 I walked a little more to get the Laud.

 A closeup of her bow.

 The almost headshot.

 The lighting was just about perfect.

And one more shot of the Cornelius before heading back to the wildlife refuge.

The Adam E. Cornelius Still in Layup

Since I was in Huron, I figured I might as well get some pictures of the Cornelius.

 The Adam E. Cornelius has been laid up for over two years now.  I guess she is too big for river deliveries but too small for other deliveries.

 Plus the shipping industry is still in a soft spot right now.  I guess it's getting better but not well enough.

 So she waits.

Hopefully I will see her out and about again.  With the way things work, you never know.

A Sailboat

As I was taking pictures of the Arthur Anderson, I saw this sailboat

It seemed like she was having trouble getting out though.  But I do like the look of a sailboat under sail.

The Huron Lighthouse

I decided to take a picture of the lighthouse.

A lighthouse was first put on this spot in 1830.  This current tower was built in 1936 but the top was removed at some point.  I'll have to say it's an interesting lighthouse and probably would be more interesting with the lantern room.

The Arthur M. Anderson Unloads in Huron, OH

I headed down to Cleveland yesterday for the Air Show.  I decided to take the Ohio Route 2 way.  I didn't stop at Marblehead to get a picture of the lighthouse there but I did stop in Huron, Ohio because I saw that the Arthur M. Anderson would be docked there.

 As I said in my post from Friday, I knew that she was headed somewhere in Ohio but I wasn't sure where.  When I checked AIS after the Eastern game, I saw that she was stopped outside of Huron, so I figured she would be heading there in the morning.

 Sure enough, she was still there as I arrived.  She was already pretty high in the water but I still wasn't sure how much longer she would be unloading.

 A shot of her deck house.  As I was watching, they must have shifted holds they were unloading from because they stopped for a bit and started again.

 This is the mechanism that pulls the cargo to be unloaded up.

 I'm not sure what the white streak is.

 I kind of liked the way the flag was flying in the breeze.

 The ships of the Great Lakes Fleet are known as the silver stackers.  When they first started, the stacks were painted all silver.  As the ships were used, the tops of the stacks would get all black from the exhaust.  It was then decided to paint the tops of the stacks black in order to hide that.  I think it's a pretty cool look.

 A shot of the crane unloading.

 Another shot of her pilothouse.

 Another full length shot of her.

 I decided to move to another spot on the river, to get different shots.  As I was getting out of the car, I saw that I had a chance to frame her.

 I really like this shot.  I can't usually get clean shots when they are unloading.

One more shot before continuing on to Cleveland.