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- Code Number:
- TLHV06P12_03
- Title:
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Little Lighthouse, Saugatuck, Douglas, Michigan, Great Lakes Steamer Keewatin, Lake Michigan, Great Lakes
- Keewatin, a magnificent and towering Great Lakes passenger ship, was commissioned by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It was built in Scotland and steamed over to the Great Lakes USA in 1907. For over 50 years it connected the Georgian Bay and upper Lake Superior railheads serving as a railway link. It is the last of the Classic Great Lakes Passenger Steamships still afloat.
Overall Length: 350 feet Beam: 43.5 feet Gross weight: 3,856 tons Top Speed 16 knots Cruising Speed: 14 knots Ship Passengers: 288 (berthed) Officers and Crew: 86 Engines: quadruple expansion, with hand-stoked coal-fired Scottish boilers, producing 3,300 horsepower.
- Keywords:
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Michigan, Towns, United States of America, Scenics, USA, American, Passenger Vessel, Maritime, industry, Craft, hull, boat, Transportation, ship, Great Lakes Ships, Bulk Carrier, Freighter, Steamships, Lakefarer, Lake Freighter, Great Lakes Bulker, Laker, Steamer, Lighthouses, Beacon, Maritime, Technology, Architecture, Building, landmark, structure, real, coast, coastline, nautical, shore, shoreline, Navigation Aid, Navaid, Coastal, Transportation Safety, light, Phare, Tower
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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