Arthur M Anderson Takes On Iron Ore

[jkrohn]

The Arthur Anderson - Two Harbors Minnesota. C&C welcome... hope you enjoy

http://www.johnandgrrr.com/Picture%20Library/published/IMG_0381_sm.JPG

Thanks for looking

[jkrohn]

well, at least one of my two spellings of Arthur is correct... forgive my oops on the title.

[dashotgun]

is it my imagination or does it look like the edmund fitz? http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mqt/fitzgerald/fitzgeraldpic.jpg

[dashotgun]

there is a connection the Arthur A was the last ship to have contact with the Edmund when she wrecked she was in whitefish bay and trying to guide the Edmund fitz in when she sank. Slightly shorter by about a 100 feet commissioned in 1952 I am surprised she is still sailing

[PhotosGuy]

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[jkrohn]

there is a connection the Arthur A was the last ship to have contact with the Edmund when she wrecked she was in whitefish bay and trying to guide the Edmund fitz in when she sank. Slightly shorter by about a 100 feet commissioned in 1952 I am surprised she is still sailing

Thanks for that info... I didn't realize that at the time I took the photo but now that you mention it, I remember that is true. They were loading the ship as the photo was taken. I watched the operation for 30 minutes or so. There was a much larger ship on the other side of the doc. For the life of me however I don't remember the name of that one.

[ruaslacker2]

Great shot... Interesting story...

[Bruno1520]

Interesting shot and story. Theres a heck of a lot of machinery there to load those ships.
Thanks for sharing.

Ray

[Andrushka]

cool shot, interesting story - whats the typical life span of this type of ship? It looks pretty old school, even compared to what i see in port here in Sevastopol

[jkrohn]

Interesting shot and story. Theres a heck of a lot of machinery there to load those ships.
Thanks for sharing.

Ray

Thanks... Yes, the piers used to load taconite into the ships are large. There was also a lot of activity going on topside. Trains moving, warning bells sounding. It was very interesting to watch. There seems to be more activity this year also with some of the mines along Minnesota's Iron Range having a bit more activity.

cool shot, interesting story - whats the typical life span of this type of ship? It looks pretty old school, even compared to what i see in port here in Sevastopol

I am not the expert about the ships used on the Great Lakes and could not even guess. I just really enjoy watching them come into Duluth or Two Harbors when I have the chance. This one is pretty small compared to others being used on the Great Lakes. I also believe this ship is pretty old in comparison, but you still see several of this type being used. There are other folks that visit this site that could probably do a much better job of answering your question.

[andrewhuxman]

Cool shot, I have stayed in that lighthouse there in Two Harbors and watched and heard them loading I believe it was the Mesabi Miner very cool stuff. You can get more info on the Great Lakes boats here on this site:

http://www.boatnerd.com/

you can track where they are where they are going all kinds of info kinda cool