Harbor Views

Evenings are a particularly nice time to watch some boats and this evening was no exception. While I was on top of the Lafarge Plant this evening trying to figure out a power supply for the webcam, I snapped a few pictures.

Sunken Tug Essayons

Yulia

Cedarglen

Cedarglen

Duluth Harbor Trivia Question for 6/10/2013

Harbor Trivia question of the day? (You will need a Flash enabled machine to play the game)

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Sunday 6/9/2013

James R. Barker arrived at 02:56
James R. Barker departed at 12:40

Duluth Harbor Trivia Question for 6/9/2013

Harbor Trivia question of the day? (You will need a Flash enabled machine to play the game)

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Saturday 6/8/2013

Arthur M. Anderson arrived at 07:00
Joseph L. Block arrived at 19:00
Arthur M. Anderson departed at 19:35
Kaye E. Barker arrived at 22:30

Minnesota Sunset

It has been a fairly cool spring in the Northland, but, summer isn't far off.  Last evening was a good indication of the slowly advancing summer when the sunset on Caribou Lake North of Duluth sparked a glowing horizon that lit up the northern sky into beautiful a backdrop as a local fisherman enjoyed the setting.

Duluth Harbor Trivia Question for Saturday 6/8/2013

Harbor Trivia question of the day? (You will need a Flash enabled machine to play the game)

Note: Lafarge Camera offline

Update 06:00 6/8 - Power remains off to the Lafarge Camera -- Unknown return time. Since the building is abandoned, there is an unknown return time.

Update 17:00 6/7 -- Power is out to the entire Lafarge Plant -- Duration unknown.  The camera will be up as soon as power is restored.

12:00 6/7 The Lafarge camera has gone offline, I will be checking it later today.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Dennis

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Friday 6/7/2013

St. Clair departed at 04:10
Great Republic arrived at 06:10
Eemsborg (Dutch) arrived at 13:00
Great Republic departed at 22:20

June 7, 1928: The Steamship America goes down

By Tony Dierkins - Zenith City Online

The America DEPICTED in a postcard made between 1900 and 1915. (Image: X-Comm)

The America DEPICTED in a postcard made between 1900 and 1915. (Image: X-Comm)
On this day in Duluth in 1928, the beloved Steamship America wrecked at Isle Royale. The America left Grand Marais the previous evening for Isle Royale to drop off passengers at the Singer Hotel Dock on Washington Island before heading to Port Arthur (today’s Thunder Bay), Ontario. In the early morning hours of June 7, with the first mate at the helm, she struck a reef near Isle Royale’s Washington Harbor, skidding over the rocks four times and ripping a hole in her hull just below the engine room on the starboard side. The ship’s pumps couldn’t keep up with the water pouring in. The captain ordered the ship to steer for the north gap of Washington Harbor in an attempt to beach her, but it struck more rocks and stopped ninety feet from shore.
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