Inbound to Severstal

by Gales Of November

Title

Inbound to Severstal

Artist

Gales Of November

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Photograph - Photography

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The Edward B. Greene was constructed for the Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company in 1951 and christened in 1952. She was the first of what was to be known as the AAA Korea class boats. Unlike her sisters, her forward pilothouse had three decks to accommodate corporate passengers.

Cleveland Cliffs sold her to Rouge Steel Corporation who renamed her Benson Ford (III). Rouge Steel Corp was a division of the Ford Corporation. In 1989 Ford shut down Rouge Steel operations and sold the ship to Interlake Steamship Company formed Lakes Shipping Company to deliver iron to the Rouge plant. Interlake renamed her Kay E. Barker after the wife of James R. Barker who was affiliated with Interlake.
During the 1975-76 layup, 120 feet were added to her bringing her length to 767 feet and a 250 foot self-unloading boom was added during the 1980-81 layup. In early 2012 the Kaye E. Barker’s steam turbine fell silent and was replaced with a new diesel engine. She returned to service in August of the same year.

Her length of 767 feet and beam of 70 allow her to carry 25,900 tons of cargo.

Here, the Kaye E. Barker arrives at the Severstal Steel plant on the Rouge River with a load of taconite.

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February 10th, 2018

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