No problem. I spent a summer in 1966 on an ore boat going from Duluth to Cleveland and there were still some timber docks in Duluth. They were pretty impressive pieces of workmanship. I can't imagine how many millions of board feet of timebr wen into one of those.
The stats on the concrete, steel and timber docks are amazing. I found that sort of info on line.
Interesting that you spent some time on a Laker, thats pretty cool.
I also had the opportunity when I was a kid in 76', to go on a round trip on the Medusa Challenger (Medusa Cement, now St Mary's Challenger). Its the oldest Laker still in operation, still runs on steam today, still generating revenue. The Hull is over 100 years old, its 550' long and was originally the "William P Snyder Jr", an Ore Hauling Laker converted to hauling dry cement back in the 50's (?).
My Uncle was a big wig for Medusa back in the day, that's how come I was able to do the 3 day trip from Charlevoix, MI to Somewhere, Wisconsin and back. We were spoiled on that trip, great food, got to operate a huge ship, see how they load and unload cement, very very cool.
I hear people will damn near kill for the opportunity to visit the Challenger these days. Hey, I think I may have to build that N Scale Laker some day too.
