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American Century: built in 1981; 1000 ft. long; Flag: USA

the boat American Century
Sunday, July 12, 2009
The American Century was built in 1981 by the Bay Shipbuilding Corporation of Sturgeon Bay as the Columbia Star, in part, for the brig Columbia, a ship that in 1855 carried the first iron ore through the locks now known as the Soo. In 2006, she was purchased from Oglebay Norton by American Steamship Company in Buffalo and received her current name. She is 1,000 feet long and is operated with 4 General Motors diesel engines. She has a 260-foot self unloading boom on her deck. She averages about 40 trips a year to Duluth Superior, usually loading coal at Midwest Energy Resources in Superior.
the boat American Century
Friday, May 1, 2009
the boat American Century
Friday, December 7, 2007
the boat American Century
Friday, December 7, 2007
the boat American Century
Friday, December 7, 2007
the boat American Century
Saturday, July 14, 2007: The American Century departs Duluth going under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge
the boat American Century
Sunday, October 8, 2006
the boat American Century
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
the boat American Century
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
the boat American Century
Tuesday, October 1, 2002
the boat American Century
Saturday, June 8, 2002: approaching the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge
the boat American Century
Sunday, October 21, 2001: approaching the Lift Bridge
the boat American Century
Tuesday, August 14, 2001: entering the Duluth harbor
the boat American Century
Tuesday, May 8, 2001
the boat American Century
Wednesday, September 29, 1999: She enters the Duluth ship canal to go under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge and into the Duluth harbor.
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