Historical Arrivals: October 6

Arrivals in Erie on October 6 of years past:

1949- COL. JAMES PICKANDS, with ore from Superior, arrives at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Ore Dock (now the site of O-N Mineral's Erie Operation) with ore from Superior. Later in the day the PICKANDS cleared in ballast for Duluth.

1960- PRINS WILLEM GEORGE FREDERIK, a Norwegian flagged vessel, arrives in Erie, docking at the Duquense Marine Terminal to load packaged oil for Europe. Duquesne Marine Terminal is now the site of Erie Shipbuilding.

1972- Great Lakes Towing's LAURENCE C. TURNER and MARYLAND, towing the bow for the barge PRESQUE ISLE, arrive in Erie from Defoe Shipbuilding in Bay City, Michigan and dock at Litton Industries.

1990- STELLA DESGAGNES arrives at the Codan Corporation with pig iron.

2006- AGAWA CANYON arrives at the Mountfort Terminal with stone from Meldrum Bay and Bruce Mines.

Erie History: October 1

October 1, 2005: Erie Shipbuilding LLC.'s lease on the former Litton shipyard at the foot of Holland Street begins today.

Historical arrivals for October 1:

1947: BEN E. TATE arrives with a cargo of coal from Sandusky, clearing light later in the day for Conneaut, where she would load a cargo of coal for Manistee, Michigan.
1947: VANDOC arrives light from Port Colborne, clearing with coal for Fort William (Thunder Bay).
1947: FRANK ARMSTRONG arrives with iron ore from Superior, clearing light for Two Harbors.

1949: A Steelworker's strike at the Interlake Iron Company idles operations at the site today, and as such idles several vessels. Anchoring in Presque Isle Bay to wait out the strike for two days are the POWELL STACKHOUSE, MARYLAND and HEMLOCK with iron ore and the BEN E. TATE with slag. Also today, the VALLEY CAMP arrives to load coal.

1994: ALGOMARINE arrives with stone.