The tug draws closer to 12 feet, has an 8' wheel. Should have been moved when Keewatin was moved. This is just the start. She would need a place to stay (74 feet of dock), boiler work, hull painting. Good news is that she is almost 100% intact down to the coal shovel and all gauges. Everything is th...

To the beat of my knowledge she is still there in the mud. They had a chance to get her out when they dredged a channel in to get out the big ship SS Keewatin. It all should have been done then. They had special tugboats with shallow draft to get out the big ship. The Keewatin was bought by a firm f...

No I am not, but I have an extended interest in her well being and hope to be involved in her restortion. I worked for Franz and have been aboard going through her systems and boarding up the pilot house windows and securing her doors. My current project is the diesel tug USCG Apalachee which may go...

A question was asked in this area about the Q.A.Gilmore / Reiss condenser. What is in there are 2 valves, one that lets the steam from the engine excape to the atmosphere through a pipe on the aft end of the deckhouse or the other valve sends the steam to a mechanical vacuum / condenser pump (not un...

You are right, the storage and restoration are the big money items.

Purvis Marine in the Soo (CDN side) owns the E.M. Ford that hasen't been scrapped yet. She has a quad, but boilers are reportedly no good.