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- Code Number:
- TSPD01_104
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Bow, Saugatuck, Douglas, Michigan, Great Lakes Steamer Keewatin, Little Lighthouse
- 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.
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Michigan, Towns, United States of America, Scenics, USA, American, Great Lakes Ships, Bulk Carrier, Freighter, Steamships, Lakefarer, Lake Freighter, Great Lakes Bulker, Laker, Steamer, Passenger Ship, Transportation, Vessel, Maritime, Industry, Commercial, Travel, Traveling, Nautical, Boat, Schiff, History, Archives, History, Archives
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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