Mike Romel, Chief Engineer, M/V Manistee
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9711


Captain Ronald Brezinski, M/V Manistee
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9720


The Manistee, beginning to discharge its cargo of road salt at Hallett Dock 5 in Duluth.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9662


The salt was loaded in Cleveland at the Cargill dock. The greenish color is a
chemical agent put on the salt that helps it stick on the roads.
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The Manistee has two unloading belts that deliver the cargo to a continuous
feed elevator system at the forward end of the ship.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9686


The elevator bucket system has become increasingly obsolete on the Great Lakes as technology
has moved to the continuous loop-belt systems on larger ships. For a ship the size of the Manistee
the bucket system is very efficient and takes very little physical space, maximizing the amount of cargo capacity.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9705


The Manistee, built in 1943, is in its 2nd year of operation for Grand River Navigation.
The vessel makes an average of 115 trips a year, but rarely makes runs up to Lake Superior.
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A portion of the 13,800 ton cargo of salt destined for the winter road season in northern Minnesota.
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The Manistee's unloading boom is mounted on a slewing table. Slewing tables, more common in the 1950s and 60s,
are nearly extinct on Great Lakes ships today. The Manistee is likely the last one.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9682


Detail view of the chains on the slewing table. The table is used to rotate the unloading boom
to either the starboard, or port side of the vessel.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9739


Jeff Bowen, AB/Wheelsman
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Andrew Rose, Bosun
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After cabins of the Manistee, from the spar deck. The Manistee has 16 hatches and a capacity of approximately 16,000 tons.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9689


When the vessel was converted to a self-unloader in 1964, wings were added to the pilothouse for better visibility
when backing. On older ships like this, there is no "inside" entrance to the pilothouse...you have to go outside to go in.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9728


The big ship's wheel in the pilothouse, stationed behind the binnacle.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9719


The Manistee is powered by a 2950 HP General Motors diesel engine.
The engine was installed in 1976, replacing the ship's original triple
expansion engine and steam plant.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9697


Mike Wesenberg is the Manistee's 1st Assistant Engineer. Mike began
sailing in 1988 as a 3rd Assistant aboard the Cason J. Callaway. The Manistee carries a crew of 18.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9699

Additional crew images from Manistee


The Manistee departs the Hallett Dock, shifting to load its second cargo
of taconite this season. The Manistee normally trades on Lake Michigan,
Lake Huron and Lake Erie, hauling limestone, coal, foundry sand, slag, pet coke, and salt.
Duluth, Sep 29, 2006, Image 06-9772

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