Update: Barge Conversion of the Steamer RESERVE

Last summer I wrote about the fate of a frequent Erie visitor, the steamer RESERVE, which was to be converted to a barge.

The conversion was successful, the RESERVE was renamed JAMES L. KUBER and is now pushed by the tug VICTORY. On Monday the duo arrived in Conneaut on one of their first trips to the lower lakes, loaded with stone from Calcite, Michigan.

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Tug VICTORY and JAMES L. KUBER backing into Conneaut harbor.


Another view.


Close up of the barge.


Tug VICTORY.


Backing into Conneaut harbor.


Another view.


The unit turns for the P&C Stone Dock.