Scene traveled down the Cuyahoga on the Sam Laud, a 636-foot Great Lakes freighter. Here’s the view.
Scene traveled down the Cuyahoga on the Sam Laud, a 636-foot Great Lakes freighter, late in June. Here’s the view.
All photos by Sam Allard.
The Sam Laud, owned and operated by the American Steamship Company, is a 636-foot bulk carrier.This batch of iron ore comes from Escanaba, Michigan.A monitor relays the water depth beneath the hull.The route down the Cuyahoga to ArcelorMittal.The mouth of the river and the NSI Bridge (Norfolk Southern).The NS1 lift bridge takes four-and-a-half minutes to ascend.Shooters ho!The Flats East Bank project to port.Through the Center Street Swing Bridge, with 12 feet of clearance on either side.To port, the Cleveland Rowing Foundation and Merwin’s Wharf.Close call.Water is so shallow that the Sam Laud churns up mud beneath her hull.A remnant of a former bridge is a pain in the butt for big boats like the Sam Laud, but no one wants to pay to have it removed.A Canadian vessel unloads a shipment of concrete to starboard, and the Sam Laud skirts by.The Buffalo, a Sam Laud sister ship, makes the return trip from ArcelorMittal. The Laud moors to let her pass.The water is so shallow at ArcelorMittal, that the Sam Laud can’t sidle up to the bulkhead.“Lightering” at the Cleveland Bulk Terminal.
