Bradley Transportation Company Explained
The Bradley Transportation Company, was an American shipping company that was a subsidiary of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and handled its shipment of limestone to its parent company U.S. Steel. It boasted a large fleet of self-unloading lakers that were ordered specifically for the company.[1] The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.[2]
Fleet
Bradley fleetimage | name | launch date | retired | notes |
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| SS Calcite | 1912 | 1960 | - Scrapped in 1961.
- pilot house preserved and moved to 40 mile point lighthouse
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| SS W. F. White | 1915 | 1976 | - Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed Erindale.
- Scrapped in 1984.
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| SS Irvin L. Clymer | 1917 | 1990 | - Originally named Carl D. Bradley. Renamed John G. Munson in 1927. Again renamed to Irvin L. Clymer in 1951
- Scrapped in 1994.
- Pilothouse sits at the Azcon dock in Duluth Minnesota
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| SS Rogers City | 1923 | 1981 | - Originally named SS B. H. Taylor
- Scrapped in 1988.
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| SS T. W. Robinson | 1925 | 1982 | - Scrapped in 1987
- first turbo electric lake freighter
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| SS Carl D. Bradley | 1927 | 1958 | - Sank in storm 1958
- Biggest Ship on the lakes until the construction of the Wilfred Sykes in 1949
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| SS Cedarville | 1927 | 1965 | - Originally Named A.F. Harvey
- Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956
- Sank after collision 1965
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| SS John G. Munson | 1952 | present |
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| M/V Calcite II | 1929 | 2011 | - As the William G. Clyde she was transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1960
- Repowered 1961
- Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Maumee
- Scrapped 2011
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| M/V Myron C. Taylor | 1929 | 2007 | - Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1956
- Repowered 1968
- Sold to Grand River Navigation in 2001 and renamed Calumet
- Collided with a harbor wall, this event would lead to her being scrapped
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| SS George A. Sloan | 1943 | 2023 | - Transferred from the Pittsburg steamship Co. and given a self unloader in 1967
- Sold to lower lakes towing in 2001 and renamed Missisagi
- As of 2023 scrapping was underway
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External links
Notes and References
- Book: Van Heest, V. O.. Lost & Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks. In-Depth Editions. 2012. 978-09801750-5-9. 37–38.
- Web site: United States Steel, Great Lakes Fleet. French. David.