Great lake boats, a good video

[masseyrider]

Charley passed my place just the other day.
He's 145M or aboot 475 feet.
I'm guessing the blades are aboot half Charley's length.
Say, 250ft+-.
At 500ft they'd be hanging over the front and back.

 

[ArlyA]

Charley passed my place just the other day.
He's 145M or aboot 475 feet.
I'm guessing the blades are aboot half Charley's length.
Say, 250ft+-.
At 500ft they'd be hanging over the front and back.

You just had to mess with my math! I of course guessed it was a st Lawrence max sized boat.

 

[masseyrider]

You just had to mess with my math! I of course guessed is was a st Lawrence max sized boat.

 

[ArlyA]

The Edwin H. Gott heading up the sunny St. Clair River by Port Huron on her way to Two Harbors from Nanticoke… This is the most powerful boat on the lakes.

 

[ArlyA]

August 1941. Closing up hold of a grain boat. Superior, Wisconsin. Photo by John Vachon

 

[ArlyA]

Is this Charlie? I'd guess those blades are longer than 150ft.
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More wind blades were loaded and moved off the dock yesterday. The railroad cars are being staged along I-35 in Duluth for movement to western Canada in a few days. More cars are being loaded today. Duluth, MN - May 22, 2024

 

[masseyrider]

Is this Charlie? I'd guess those blades are longer than 150ft.
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More wind blades were loaded and moved off the dock yesterday. The railroad cars are being staged along I-35 in Duluth for movement to western Canada in a few days. More cars are being loaded today. Duluth, MN - May 22, 2024
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Like bosoms is there anything google can't do?
Looked it up, they can be upto 350 feet.
By comparison to Charley I'm sticking to my original guesstimate, 250+-

 

[BravoXray]

So what are the 16 rectangular items laid out near the tracks?
Generator houses for the turbines?

 

[ArlyA]

Trivia question, who owns this boat? (it can't be hard)
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5.23.24…aglow in the setting sunlight, training ship --------- heading up the St. Clair River by Marysville on her way to Port Huron from Detroit MI.

 

[ArlyA]

The departure of the Algoma Discovery during the Willie Nelson concert yesterday at Bayfront Park added to a perfect Duluth MN day! The concert stage is just off the shore so the pleasure boats are there for the show.
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