Year 1957, Building The Biggest Laker Yet To Navigate Great Lakes Waterways

Learn how an insurance company come year 1957 went about investing in more than just natural resources. Discover which insurance company sought to invest money into having a ship who could navigate safely through the nearly completed Saint Lawrence Seaway. Determine if this ship which was officially completed in 1958 became the first laker built to meet Saint Lawrence Seaway’s maximum length requirements. Get an understanding of what deadweight capacity refers to including long tons as well as a unique commodity called taconite. Learn various unique nicknames that this grand ship got called. Discover how this ship set many records while experiencing a particular series of ups and downs between 1969-1974. Get an idea of just how long Lakers were intended to last age wise. Determine exactly just how many round trips had this large ship made by November 1975. Go behind the scenes and study timeline from November 9-11, 1975 involving this particular laker including what followed in the days, months, and years afterwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.