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"Thomas W. Palmer" 145513
No full text"Thomas W. Palmer" was built in 1889 by the Detroit Dry Dock Company in Wyandotte, Michigan. The bulk freighter was constructed for the Percheron Steam Navigation Company with a home port in Detroit, Michigan. On May 16, 1905 a collision with the "Harvard", forty-five miles east of Cooper Harbor, Michigan in Lake Superior sank the "Thomas W. Palmer". The vessel was valued at $100,000 in losses. No lives were lost in the collision
"Charles S. Neff" 127547
No full text"Charles S. Neff" started life as a United States registered vessel in 1901. The shipbuilder, Jenks Shipbuilding Company in Port Huron, Michigan completed the construction for owner Samuel C. Neff and Sons. A variety of United States owners from 1917-1920 included; A. B. Mackay, James Donald and Argonne Steamship Company Incorporated. In 1918-1920 the "Charles S. Neff" was renamed "Serpentine". At the same time, the vessel's tonnage was increased to 1032 gross tons. With the name change came a change in ownership, name and registration. Goitia Hermanos and Company Lts. was the new owner, naming the vessel, "Gabino" with registration in Spain. During that time "Gabino" carried grain in the Great Lakes. After four year, 1920-1924, the "Gabino" was sold to Hulton Thompson and Company, Ltd. with registration changed to the United Kingdom. In 1925, "Gabino" was rebuilt as a sand dredge and purchased by Niagara Sand Corporation. With the change in ownership came a new registry and name. From 1925-1949, the vessel was given the name "Weston M. Carroll", registered in the United States and purchased by Buffalo Gravel Corporation. In 1942 it was taken to the coast. In 1949, the "Weston M. Carroll" changed ownership to R. C. Huffman Construction Company. The final name change was in 1949 with the Overseas Dredge and Dock Corporation. They purchased the vessel and renamed it "San Pedro". In February, 1955, "San Pedro" capsized and sank in the harbor in Fortaleza, Brazil. It was scrapped in the mid -1960 to clear the harbor
"Ralph Gilchrist" 149493
No full textThe Canadian vessel, "Ralph Gilchrist", was built in 1929 by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, Ltd. in Wallsent-on-Tyne, Great Britain. The first owner of the vessel was Sarnia Steamship Ltd. from 1929-1951. During that time, the "Ralph Gilchrist" had its name changed to "E.P.Murphy" although the ownership was still registered in Canada. In 1951-1960, the "E. P. Murphy" was purchased by Colonial Steamships, Ltd. In 1960-1962 the Westdale Shipping, Ltd. (Reoch Steamship, Ltd. Mgrs.) purchased the vessel and changed the name to "Westdale". The vessel was towed from Toronto, Ontario to Hamilton, Ontario on April 27, 1962 by the tug, "G. W. Rogers" to be scrapped. This was completed by the Steel Company of Canada, Ltd
CIL 6.1324 – Inscribed column dedicating the site by A. Terentius Varro Murena and L. Trebellius, curule aediles
No full textSqueeze, photographs, and notes by A.E. Gordo
CIL 6.1979 – Fragment of the fasti of the Salii Palatini
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CIL 6.2095 – Fragment of the Acta of the Arval Brothers (Arvales fratres)
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CIL 6.31545 – Boundary marker of the Tiber River set up by the Tiber commissioners (curatores riparum et alvei Tiberis) to mark the river bank from the Trigarium to the Pons Agrippae
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"H. H. Porter" 220605
No full textThe bulk freighter, "H.H. Porter", was built by the American Ship Building Company, Lorain, Ohio in 1920 on speculation using materials left over from World War I. The first of five owners was Brier Hill Steamship Company, Cleveland, (1920-1929) . This was followed by Interlake Steamship Company, (1929-1966), Pickands Mather and Company, (1966-1973), Interlake Steamship Company, (1973-1974), and National Steel Corporation, (1974-1976). The freighter was always registered as a United States vessel. In 1955 the "H. H. Porter" experienced a rebuild with the reduction in tonnage to 7958 gross tons. In addition to ownership changes, the "H.H. Porter" was also registered as "Youngstown" (1925-1957), "Walter E. Watson" (1957-1974), and "National Trader" (1974-1976). While under the name, "Walter E. Watson" (1957-1974), the vessel ran aground on June 21, 1969 near Bob-Lo-Island in the Detroit River, Michigan. The vessel experienced no damage as it was able to release itself with no assistance. The vessel was later sold to shipbreakers for scrapping in Thunder Bay, Ontario and was towed by the tug on July 2, 1976 to its final destination. On July, 1976, the ship was removed from documentation
