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Bow thruster tunnel
Bow thruster tunnel on Indiana Harbor
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Bow thruster tunnel
Steel grate protecting thruster tunnel on Indiana Harbor
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Bow thruster tunnel
Northern Engineering crew working on thruster bearing and blades
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Jeff Lowney
Foreman Jeff Lowney, Northern Engineering
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Josh Gault
Mechanic Josh Gault, Northern Engineering
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Peter Norick
Mechanic Peter Norick, Northern Engineering
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Tony Ball
Tony Ball of Compass Water Solutions works on installing new oily water separator content monitor
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Tony Ball
Tony Ball of Compass Water Solutions works on installing new oily water separator content monitor
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Bruce Brown
Bruce Brown replacing bearing on ship's power generator
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Eric Muller
Eric Muller, owner of Great Lakes Conveyor Belt of Rogers City splices a seam on the cargo hold belt
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Kevin Muller
Kevin Muller works with his brother Eric on the Indiana Harbor's new cargo hold belt.
This is the first replacement belt for the ship - 2,250' x 9.5' and weighing 60 tons.
Superior, March 14, 2013, Image 13-6327

Vulcanizing press
Vulcanizing press sealing seam on cargo hold belt.
The press reaches a maximum temperature of 300 degrees when vulcanizing
Superior, March 14, 2013, Image 13-6327

Vulcanizing press
It takes about 55 minutes to vulcanize each seam
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