Photographer: Jeffrey W. Churill

Cuyahoga

Lower Lakes Towing, Ltd.

Home Port: Port Dover, Ontario

Type:  Self-unloader / steel

Built:  1943

Engine Type:  Refitted with Diesel in 2001, originally a Quad. Expansion Double Compound Engine

Cargo Capacity:  15,675 tons

Length:  620 ' - 0"

Beam: 60' - 0"

Depth: 35' - 0"

(keel to upper deck )

Photographer: Keith W. Churill

The Cuyahoga, rafting-off her sister vessel Mississagi at the Sarnia, Ontario Commercial Harbor for winter lay-up on march 19, 2007.

History: Launched  in 1943 as the J. Burton Ayers, she operated under that name until 1995. In 1974 she was refitted as a self-unloader. In 2001 she was refitted with her current powerplant.

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