Where Great Lakes Freighters Go To Die: Left To Rot (Part I)

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  @donkeyboy585 · 2 years ago

  “They went back and forth setting records for the biggest loads carried” Translation they were constantly overloaded.

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  @darthdevious · 2 years ago

  Fun fact about the Ryerson, well, her namesake to be exact. Edward L. Ryerson was the younger brother of Arthur L. Ryerson, one of Titanic's first class passengers, who was sadly lost in the sinking. The famous picture of a young boy, Douglas Spedden, playing with his top on the deck of the Titanic, also has Arthur Ryerson in the picture, as he was one of the men watching the lad. In the film Titanic (1997), it was Arthur's coat that Jack Dawson "borrows".

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• JU

  @justinolsen9284 · 2 years ago

  Just a slight correction, the Sherwin was put into lay up in 1981

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• MI

  @michaeldethrow3873 · 2 years ago

  Quite the professional documentary.  Looking forward to Part 2.

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  @stevegriesbach4909 · 1 year ago

  Saw the Reyerson launched January 21 1960 in Manitowoc Wisconsin on our 2nd grade school field trip. My Dad and Grandpa helped build her. Was the last ship built at the Manitowoc Shipbuilding yards.

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• CH

  @chooch9816 · 2 years ago

  What an enjoyable watch. Looking forward to Part 2 and other productions to come.

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• RO

  @rottenroads2006 · 1 year ago

  The SS Edmund Fitzgerald&apos;s crew were the most experienced on the Great Lakes, and the people in charge of deducing the cause of its sinking said that it was improperly secured hatch covers. Obviously, the Crew were far to experience to leave any hatch covers improperly secured.<br>No, what took down the Edmund Fitzgerald was the Sheer Power of the Storm, and the Violent thrashing of the waves. The Edmund Fitzgerald Broke in Half, and with a freighter of that size breaking in half, it must have been a very quick and violent end.

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• LO

  @lorenbillings721 · 1 year ago

  Amazingly narrated with clear mastery of the profession.

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  @RodgerMudd · 2 years ago

  Ocean vessels can last for over 40 years.

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• KL

  @Klappadler7844 · 2 years ago

  This reminds me of one of those old documentary&apos;s like the &quot;Long Ships Passing&quot;

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  @phillipgarrow2297 · 1 year ago

  The JohnSherwin has been in layup longer than it&apos;s been in service

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  @gregobern6084 · 2 years ago (edited)

  If i had a ship it would be named after former La Pointe village resident ,Frank Belanger

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