September 12, 2015 /
Ray Muntz
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Great Lakes, History, Shipping
Rutland Boat goes aground Steamer Burlington Stranded in fog at Buffalo Buffalo, Sept. 11 – The steamer Burlington of the Rutland Transit company’s fleet grounded about 200 feet from the breakwater, near the middle gap, in the fog early yesterday morning. The Burlington was coming into port, checked down on account of the thick weather,…
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May 20, 2013 /
Ray Muntz
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Great Lakes, Ogdensburg, Shipping
The Rutland Transit Company was the subsidiary of the Rutland Railroad which encompassed the railroad’s fleet of Great Lakes ships. Up until the Panama Canal Act, the Rutland worked competitively to ship cargo from Chicago to Ogdensburg via the Great Lakes, then by rail from Ogdensburg to points east. The Panama Canal Act killed this…
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