SS Carl D. Bradley
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SS Carl D. Bradley was an American self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm on November 18, 1958. Of the 35 crew members, 33 died in the sinking. Twenty-three were from
SS Carl D. Bradley
Carl D. Bradley unloading stone at Buffington Harbor in Gary, IN in June, 1949
Carl D. Bradley (2) and Myron C. Taylor at Michigan Limestone
Carl D. Bradley's pilot house door in 2007
Lake freighter
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Lake freighters, also called lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. Freighters typically have a long, narrow hull, a raised pilothouse, and the engine located at the
SS Carl D. Bradley
…SS Carl D. Bradley was an American self-unloading Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Michigan storm on November 18, 1958. Of the 35 crew members, 33 died in the sinking. Twenty-three were from the port town of Rogers…
SS Arthur M. Anderson, with pilothouse forward and engine room astern, also equipped with a self-unloading boom.
The State Lock at the Michigan State Locks (now Soo Locks)
The R. J. Hackett, the first modern Great Lakes bulk freighter
Whaleback Joseph L. Colby