The Giant...the Edgar B. Speer

Next up is one of the thirteen thousand footers that sail on the Great Lakes.

 Sporting a new paint job is the Edgar B. Speer.  She's appeared on this blog a few times in the past.  She is the fleetmate to the Edwin Gott but she has a similar self unloader to the Cort and Blough.

 She approaches the Blue Water Bridge.  It was a pretty nice day for taking ship pictures.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 I was trying for a different angle this time.  So here's a shot as she passes under the Bridge.

 And then she heads down the river.

 She makes her turn in the channel.

 I caught her again at St. Clair.  This time, I tried to get a full beam shot but it didn't quite work.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 And another.

 In this picture is over 3,000 feet worth of ship.  In the front, you have the Gott.  Docked at the power plant is the Mesabi Miner.  Hiding somewhere behind the power plant is the James R. Barker waiting to take the Mesabi Miner's place.  This shot was from Marine City.

 Another attempt at a beam shot.

 Here she is approaching Algonac State Park.

 I didn't try for a beam shot this time, so I left my large lens on.

 A shot of her bow.

 A closeup of her pilothouse.  Looking at the people up there give you a perspective on her side.

 A pulled back shot of her pilothouse.

 I'm not sure what this is.

 And her hatch crane.  This is used to lift her cargo hatches.

 The load lines.  The diamond next to that is a stamp from the engineering company that certified her.

 Another shot of her pilothouse.

 Old Glory waving proudly behind her.

And she passes down the river.

The Ever Lovely Kaye E. Barker

This post is a little bit out of order but it kind of makes sense in the scheme of things.  After seeing the ships in the next two posts, I saw the Kaye E. Barker.  However, since I went chasing after them, I will post after this one.

 Here she is as she starts to make her way towards Lake Huron.  She had just delivered a load of iron ore to Severstal in Dearborn.  Now she is returning.

 I love the lines of the classic laker.

 Especially this classic laker.

 She cuts a pretty good profile too.

 And she starts to make her final turns for Lake Huron.

 A shot of her stern.

And framed by the Blue Water Bridge.

Crazyness on the River

I'm going to break up my ship posts with just some of the randomness seen while waiting for ships.

 A fishing boat on the way somewhere.  I think there is pretty decent fishing on the St. Clair River.  I'd imagine there's perch and walleye at least.

 These guys don't seem to mind the fish.

 It's always cool when you see a speedboat.

 And then of course, there are always seagulls.

 A boat of another sort.

 I kind of liked the name of this boat.

 This flag either means a Van Halen album or there's actually a diver here.

 Looking between the twin spans of the Blue Water Bridge.

 And here's our diver...only he's not down at this point.

And one more shot of the Blue Water Bridge.

And Then the Atlantic Huron....

Next up is the Atlantic Huron.

 By virtue of being in one of the first ship pictures that I really liked, she is on my list of favorite ships.  Here she is doing what she does.

 Again, I'm not sure where she's headed but I think it's to Quebec City or something like that.

 A shot of her bow.

And her pilothouse.

The CSL Laurentien Passes Port Huron (and other places)

Next up is the CSL Laurentien.  She has appeared on this blog before, so I'm not going to go into many details about her.

 Here she is about to pass the William C. Gaynor tugboat.

 I kind of like the red of the Canada Steamship Lines.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

 And a shot of her bow.

 Some of her crew working on her hatch crane.

 Another shot of her pilothouse.

 She starts to move down the river.

 We then headed over to Marysville to catch her again.

And she passes down the river again.