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CIL 6.635 – Votive dedication (on a statue base?) to Silvanus by C. Iulius Castrensis
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CIL 6.2034 – Fragment of the Acta of the Arval Brothers (Arvales fratres)
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"George Nester" 85976
No full text"George Nester" was built in 1887 by the Samuel Gibson in Baraga, Michigan for George Nester a resident of Detroit, Michigan. The schooner was on its way from the Soo to pick up lumber in Baraga, Michigan from the Nester Mill. A severe storm hit and stranded the vessel on a reef off Huron Islands, Lake Superior on April 30, 1909. The vessel was being towed by the propeller vessel "Schoolcraft" when the tow rope broke and the "George Nester" was swept on the rocks. All seven crewmen aboard the vessel lost their lives
CIL 6.2099 – Fragment of the Acta of the Arval Brothers (Arvales fratres)
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CIL 6.2106, fr. b – Fragment of the Acta of the Arval Brothers (Arvales fratres)
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CIL 6.31702 – Fragment of a record of the restoration of a public monument by the consuls of 9 BC
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"Niagara" 18714
No full textThe tug, "Niagara" was built in Detroit, Michigan in 1872 by builders, Campbell and Owen of Detroit, Michigan. S. R. Kirby was employed as the Master Carpenter. The tug was originally 130.00 feet long and 24. 58 feet wide. The gross tonnage was 276.87 tons. During her life on the Great Lakes, the tug had multiple owners. The tug was responsible for towing the ore barges; "Montcalm", "Montblac", "Montmorency", "Republic" and "Monticello" in Marquette, Michigan. On June 4, 1904, while sailing in Lake Superior during a heavy northeast gale, the "Niagara" was stranded on Knife Island and the hull was broken into two pieces. The eleven crew members were rescued by the tug, "Edna G." and no lives were lost
"Nevada" 130218
No full textThe wooden hull vessel, "Nevada", was built in 1882 by William Crosthwaite in Bay City, Michigan for W. H. Landgraf and others of Sandusky, Ohio. She was enrolled in Port Huron, Michigan on June 9, 1882 but listed its' home port as Buffalo, New York. The vessel was 186.00 feet long and 30.66 feet wide. While transporting 1,040 ton of coal to Sheboygan, Michigan on Lake Michigan, the vessel sprung a leak and sank about thirty miles east of Kewaunee, Wisconsin. The propeller vessel, "Manchester", rescued the crew from "Nevada" with no lives lost. The vessel was valued at $55,000 at the time of the loss
"Henry E. Gillen" 213149
No full textThe Great Lakes Engineering Works built the tug, "Henry E. Gillen", in 1915 in Ashtabula, Ohio. Henry E. Gillen was the first owner from 1916-1917. The tug was 75.00 feet long and 20.00 feet wide. The "Henry E. Gillen" was sold to the Coastwise Transportation Company, (1916-1922). The vessel was again sold to Fritz Simons and Connell Dredge and Dock Company,(1922-1955) and renamed "Lasalle". In 1940 during the Fritz Simons and Connell Dredge and Dock Company ownership period, the vessel's name was again changed to "John J. Roche". In 1955-1959, the vessel was sold to Merritt, Chapman and Scott Corporation of Chicago, Illinois. The vessel was then purchased in 1959-1965 by the Bultema Dock and Dredge Company and renamed the "Barney Nelson". George Kingshott of Buffalo, New York purchased the vessel in 1965-1970 and renamed her "Gayle K.". Additional owners were as follows: Floyd Crocker of Belmont, Michigan, (1970-1971); Crocker Engineering, Incorporated, (1971-1974) and renamed "Raven"; Jomi Enterprises, Incorporated, (1974-1979). The vessel was always registered as a United States ship and removed from documentation in December, 1979 listed as scrap