ADAM E. CORNELIUS, MANISTEE, Waterfront Layup Rumors

ADAM E. CORNELIUS arrived in Erie at around 7:00 a.m. today to unload stone from Calcite. Unlike most loads this season, the CORNELIUS unloaded the entire cargo at the Mounfort Terminal. Apparently the grade of stone that the CORNELIUS unloaded was a large, lower grade, because unloading went very slowly.

The CORNELIUS was still unloading when the MANISTEE, with stone from Bruce Mines, arrived at 3:00 p.m. Problem was that the MANISTEE, formerly Erie Sand Steamship's RICHARD REISS, was also bound for the Mounfort Terminal. So after turning in the harbor, the MANISTEE simply held off the dock, moving forward and backward slowly while waiting for the CORNELIUS to clear. The CORNELIUS departed around 5:30.

My dad and I ran into local boatwatcher Jim Michael and his son on the pier. Jim is also captain of the local dinner cruiser VICTORIAN PRINCESS. Jim mentioned that he's heard a rumor that both the integrated tug-barge PRESQUE ISLE and Steamer CASON J. CALLAWAY, which both spent last winter laid up in Erie, may be returning this winter. If this is true, this will be the third time in the past four years that the PRESQUE ISLE, the majority of which was built in Erie (only the bow of the barge and the tug were not built in Erie) has spent the winter here. I'll do some digging and see if I can find out if this is true or not.









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