Interlake's freighter Elton Hoyt 2nd (the name's sort of a pun; this is the second ship named after Elton Hoyt II) takes on a load of iron ore at Marquette's Presque Isle dock, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on a glorious day in 1998. The ore jennies atop the dock are pretty impressive.
This ship now sails as Michicoten.
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Joel Dinda
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Larry the Biker 89 months ago | reply
Very cool.
I saw this last summer; there were ore jennies ontop of it.
A large freighter arrived the day after I left.
moved2kimifoos [deleted] 89 months ago | reply
Very dramatic image.
farlane 84 months ago | reply
Hello. I have put a small version of this photo on 400 Million Tons of Iron on Absolute Michigan. Thanks for adding it to the Absolute Michigan pool!
The name of the ship that took on the 400 millionth - the Michicoten.
joeldinda 84 months ago | reply
Thanks, Andrew. That's neat.
Jeannie Drouillard 77 months ago | reply
My grandfather, Capt. Alfred C. Drouillard oversaw the building of the Elton Hoyt 2nd and was its first captain. How appropriate that this boat should be so honored. He was asked by Elton Hoyt himself to master his namesake and would be so proud to see her still working. From his autobiographical notes:
"The ship being built at Sparrow Point was to be the new flag-ship and would carry the name of the president of our Company. The Elton Hoyt 2nd was launched Mar 7th at 11:40 AM and what a gala affair that launching party was. Since I had been assigned by Mr. Hoyt himself as the Master of his name sake I was bestowed the honor together with Mrs. Drouillard, of attending all affairs connected with the celebration...
Early April found me back at Sparrows Point overseeing details of what turned out after completion to be a wonderful, powerful and very efficient great lakes freighter. All of the ship's equipment worked perfectly, she was nearly 700 feet in length, carried more than 20000 tons, had a speed of 18 miles per hour and was very easy to control. Bad weather with heavy seas had very little effect on this ship.
This ship after completion at the ship yard and given her trial was dismantled above decks – towed by tugs around the Atlantic coast into the Mississippi river then up river to Chicago where she was reassembled. We left Chicago Aug. 20th, ran until Dec 8th during this time everything connected with the ship had functioned perfectly."
Just thought you would enjoy this little note of history. You may contact me if you would like more info about his life on the lakes. (captd@thecakery.com)