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SS William G. Mather, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
In a long ago incarnation, I worked for a valve and gauge company that serviced, among other things, these big ore freighters in repairing and maintaining their equipment. Once, while delivering some repaired gauges back to the Mather, I had the ho...
SS William G. Mather, Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
In a long ago incarnation, I worked for a valve and gauge company that serviced, among other things, these big ore freighters in repairing and maintaining their equipment. Once, while delivering some repaired gauges back to the Mather, I had the honor to have breakfast with the Captain, who then gave me a tour of the ship.
I saw and toured her again after she was retired and converted into a museum, and while she was still awesome, it sure wasn't the same.
She was nicknamed "The Ship That Built Cleveland" because Cleveland's steel mills were a frequent destination for her; all the other freighters docked here regularly as well.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was a similar type of ship, owned by Oglebay Norton, and I saw her on occasion when she was docked in Cleveland. It was a shock when she went down.
In a long ago incarnation, I worked for a valve and gauge company that serviced, among other things, these big ore freighters in repairing and maintaining their equipment. Once, while delivering some repaired gauges back to the Mather, I had the ho...