Curt Bowen
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The Steam Barges of Whitefish Point ADVANCED DIVER MAGAZINE By Robert and Jan Underhill
The Steam Barges of Whitefish Point
By Robert and Jan Underhill
The first steam barge, the R. J. Hackett, was built by Eli Peck of Cleveland in 1869. The Hackett was a wooden vessel, 211 feet long, with the pilothouse forward, single engine aft driving a single propeller and a long open deck with large hatches spaced to match for unloading machinery then in use at the ore docks along the Lakes.
The Steam Barges of Whitefish Point
By Robert and Jan Underhill
The first steam barge, the R. J. Hackett, was built by Eli Peck of Cleveland in 1869. The Hackett was a wooden vessel, 211 feet long, with the pilothouse forward, single engine aft driving a single propeller and a long open deck with large hatches spaced to match for unloading machinery then in use at the ore docks along the Lakes.
