Illustrations
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The Fountain of the Great Lakes Frontispiece
Lorado Taft, Sculptor.
The First Step in the Making of a Ship—Laying the “Keel Blocks” 4
Second Step—Laying the Keel, or Bottom of the Ship, on the “Keel Blocks” 6
The Growing Ship 8
Vessel Almost Ready for Launching 10
A Monster of Steel and Iron Ready to be Launched 12
Weight 9,500,000 lbs.
The Launching 14
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.
A Shaft on One of the Ranges 66
The “North West” 68
One of the finest passenger steamers on the Great Lakes.
The Stop at Tashinoo Park, St. Clair Flats 70
The Landing at Mackinac Dock, Michigan 72
Hickory Island at the Mouth of Detroit River 74
From a Photograph by Manning Studio, Detroit.
The “City of Erie” 76
The fastest steamer on the Lakes, holding a record of 22.93 miles per hour.
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.
A Scene on Belle Isle, Detroit River 82
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 Hill116
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.
The Jack-Knife Bridge at Buffalo 132
A Scene on Blackwell Canal 134
The winter home of big boats in Buffalo.
Some of the Grain Elevators at Duluth, which Have a Combined Storage Capacity of 35,550,000 Bushels 136
The Mesaba Ore Docks 138
From the Deck of the Ship the Tug Looks Like an Ant Dragging at a Huge Prey 142
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
Tugs Trying to Release Boats Held in the Ice at the Soo 150
Copyright 1906 by Young, Lord & Rhoades, Ltd.
Whaleback Barges Preparing for Winter Quarters at Conneaut, Ohio 152
(The Whaleback is a type of vessel that has been tried and found wanting. They are going out of use.)
Ashore 154
Arch Rock, Mackinac Island 160
One of the natural wonders of the world.
Fort Mackinac 168
Marquette’s Grave, St. Ignace, Michigan 174
Monument at Put-in-Bay in Memory of the British and Americans who Died in the Battle of Lake Erie 182
Old West Blockhouse, Fort Mackinac 186
Built by the British, about 1780.
The Monument Erected to those who Fought and Died on Mackinac Island 190
Mackinac Island, Showing Old Fort Mackinac 194
Once the Scene of Bloodshed and Strife, these Old Trees Stand where French, Indian, and British Fought Years ago 200
A View of the Historic Battle-ground on Mackinac Island 206
An Old British Gunboat Discovered in the River Thames 212
Scene when Admiral Dewey Passed through the Soo Locks 216
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