Edna G
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The Edna G is a tugboat
which worked the Great Lakes. The railroad paid $35,397.50 for the Edna G. in 1896. It was out of service from 1931 to 1933 due to the depression. The Edna G. was built by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company in 1896 for the Duluth & Iron Range RY. She spent her entire working career at Two Harbors with the exception of World War I (1917–1919) when she served on the eastern seaboard. Over the years the Edna G. was involved in several shipwreck rescues. Her last tow was the Cason J. Calloway on December 30, 1980 She was the last coal-fired, steam-engine tug in service on the lakes when she was retired in 1981. Her home port being Two Harbors
, Minnesota
, she primarily moved ships and barges carrying iron ore and taconite
from the Mesabi Range
and other smaller sites in the Iron Range
region of northeast Minnesota. The ship was named for the daughter of J. L. Greatsinger, president of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Company
.
Tugboat
A tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
which worked the Great Lakes. The railroad paid $35,397.50 for the Edna G. in 1896. It was out of service from 1931 to 1933 due to the depression. The Edna G. was built by the Cleveland Shipbuilding Company in 1896 for the Duluth & Iron Range RY. She spent her entire working career at Two Harbors with the exception of World War I (1917–1919) when she served on the eastern seaboard. Over the years the Edna G. was involved in several shipwreck rescues. Her last tow was the Cason J. Calloway on December 30, 1980 She was the last coal-fired, steam-engine tug in service on the lakes when she was retired in 1981. Her home port being Two Harbors
Two Harbors, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,613 people, 1,636 households, and 953 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,120.7 people per square mile . There were 1,631 housing units at an average density of 505.9 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, she primarily moved ships and barges carrying iron ore and taconite
Taconite
Taconite is a variety of iron formation, an iron-bearing sedimentary rock, in which the iron minerals are interlayered with quartz, chert, or carbonate...
from the Mesabi Range
Mesabi Range
The Mesabi Iron Range is a vast deposit of iron ore and the largest of four major iron ranges in the region collectively known as the Iron Range of Minnesota. Discovered in 1866, it is the chief deposit of iron ore in the United States. The deposit is located in northeast Minnesota, largely in...
and other smaller sites in the Iron Range
Iron Range
The Iron Range is a region that makes up the northeastern section of Minnesota in the United States. "The Range", as it is known by locals, is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore...
region of northeast Minnesota. The ship was named for the daughter of J. L. Greatsinger, president of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad Company
Duluth and Iron Range Railway
The Duluth and Iron Range Railroad was founded in 1874.In 1884 it ran the first main line train between the Two Harbors to Soudan, Minnesota, a total distance of 68 miles. In July 1938, the railway merged with the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway to form the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range...
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