BUFFALO Arrives in Erie; BOLAND Due, PRESQUE ISLE Due out on Sunday

BUFFALO, delayed slightly by rough weather on Lake Erie, arrived in Erie at 0930 this morning, docking at the Old Ore Dock to unload stone from Calcite. After she is finished unloading she will depart Erie for the nearby port of Ashtabula, Ohio to load coal for Alpena, Michigan.

JOHN J. BOLAND, also with stone from Calcite, is due in Erie at around 1830 tonight.

PRESQUE ISLE is expecting to depart Erie sometime Sunday once repairs on the stern tube are complete, according to officials at the Mountfort Terminal.


PRESQUE ISLE at dock this morning.


Buffalo inbound.


Close up.


Workers begin pumping water from the cofferdam inserted under the PRESQUE ISLE.


Marine Services of Erie's tug LOW BIDDER inbound Erie, overtaking the BUFFALO.


Stern view of the BUFFALO.


Passing the PRESQUE ISLE.


Approaching the dock


Landing a crewman with the landing boom.


At dock with the J.S.St. JOHN.

Historical arrivals for August 18:
2006- DAVID Z. NORTON arrives with stone from Calcite for the Old Ore Dock.