SPEER, PRESQUE ISLE Depart

After just over two months of work in port, both EDGAR B. SPEER and PRESQUE ISLE departed Erie today. After several delays, SPEER ended up departing before the PRESQUE ISLE at around 1300, bound for Two Harbors, Minnesota to load iron ore.

SPEER saluted the crowd of about 100 people, including representatives of WICU-TV, WJET-TV, and the Erie Times News, gathered on hand to watch the departure.

Around 1345 PRESQUE ISLE departed the Mountfort Terminal, and exchanged salutes with a number of motor vehicles on the dock. The PRESQUE ISLE turned in Presque Isle Bay and departed outbound, also saluting the dwindling number of onlookers as it departed the port to begin another season. The PRESQUE ISLE is bound for Duluth to load iron ore.

I will post video of these departures tomorrow or Sunday.

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EDGAR B. SPEER testing its unloading boom prior to departure.


PRESQUE ISLE at the Mountfort Terminal this morning.


EDGAR B. SPEER in Presque Isle Bay.


Turning for the channel.


Passing its fleetmate PRESQUE ISLE, which is about 30 minutes from leaving the Mountfort Terminal at this point.


Outbound.


Closeup.


Stern view.


At the end of the channel.


Another view.


Passing the lighthouse.


Next destination: Two Harbors, Minnesota.


Local motor yacht ENDLESS ENDEAVOUR inbound from the lake. The yacht's owner reports windrows of five to six feet of ice in the lake.


PRESQUE ISLE departing the Mountfort Terminal.


Turning into the bay.


Turn almost complete.


Lining up for the channel.


Approaching the piers.


In the channel.


Stern view.


Next destination: Duluth.


See you next winter, if not sooner.