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Photographer: Jeffrey W. Churill

Joseph H. Frantz

Oglebay Norton Company

Home Port: Cleveland, OH

Type:  Self-unloader / steel

Built:  1925

Engine Type:  Diesel

Cargo Capacity:  13,600 tons

Length:  618 ' - 0"

Beam: 62' - 0"

Draft: 32' - 0"

She is seen here just coming up to the gravel docks in Marine City.

Unloading her cargo of limestone in Marine City, MI.

Photographer: Jeffrey W. Churill

Photographer: Keith W. Churill

Undergoing maintenance during winter lay-up in Toledo, Ohio on February 25, 2001

 

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