A trip on an ore boat in 1937

Al Miller posted seven images with the comment: "This article appeared in the September 1937 issue of U.S. Steel News. It describes a trip on the William E. Corey from Gary to Two Harbors and back that began July 3, 1937. It's a fun read with plenty of good photos."

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The resolution is good enough that, if you save the images to disk, you should be able to easily read them.

Since I can't hot link the text in the images, I noted these key words:

The SS William E Corey being launched at Chicago Shipbuilding       stored in Duluth

Hulett unloader

larry car

US Steel Gary Works

skiphoists

limestone quarry

ship unloader (self-unloader)

I was surprised to learn that the dining room was in the aft. I had assumed it was in the bow. I guess there is more room in the aft and that at least some of the crew has to live with the sound of the steam engines.

Two Harbors, MN

Gary Works turning basin   I wonder when bow thrusters were added to Lakers

Lighthouse on the breakwater

Soo Locks

"The bodies of drowned persons never rise to the surface in this lake [Superior], because the water is so cold that no gases of decomposition form to provide the necessary buoyancy."

West Neebish Channel 

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