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Posted: 04 Oct 2010

Taken: 01 Sep 1938

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Calcite

Calcite
"Bow of S.S. Calcite
and conveyor and coal pile
ft of 17th St
Bay City, Mich.
Thursday Sept 1, 1938"

First of four photos in this set. Calcite was the first ship built for Bradley Transportation--US Steel's limestone fleet (then known as Calcite Transportation). The ship was named after the Port of Calcite--which was in turn named after the product (limestone, which is predominantly calcite) shipped from the Michigan Limestone Company's great mine south of Rogers City. All fits together nicely.

Calcite was built by American Shipbuilding at Wyandotte in 1912 and scrapped in 1961 (at which time her fleetmate William G. Clyde was renamed Calcite II).

This ship's pilot house has been preserved, on the grounds of Forty Mile Point Lighthouse, north of Rogers City (and Calcite).

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