Metis
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The Metis was a mid-sized lake freighter, that subsequently had her bridge and engines removed, when she was converted to an unpowered barge.[1][2][3] After conversion, her stern has a large notch, into which a tugboat's bow is inserted to push the vessel.
ESSROC, a cement company, operates the vessel.[3] Her relatively small size allows her to visit smaller ports near the quarries where limestone, a key ingredient of cement, is mined.
Unlike larger or more expensive vessels, the Metis carries a conventional land-style crane to make the vessel capable of loading or unloading her holds.[3]
References
- ↑ "Metis 1975". boatnerd. http://pics.boatnerd.com/v/bnmain/album123/album107/album217/metis_1975.jpg.html. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ↑ "Metis - Canada". Welland Canal. http://www.wellandcanal.ca/shiparc/csl/metis/metis3.htm. Retrieved 2015-11-25. "The 1956-built, self unloading cement carrier Metis is seen in this photograph as she was unloading bulk cement powder at the St. Lawence Cement dock in Rochester, New York early in the 1970s."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mark L. Thompson (1999). "A Sailor's Logbook: A Season Aboard Great Lakes Freighters". Wayne State University Press. p. 50. ISBN 9780814328446. https://books.google.ca/books?id=dDKC9hb-P4MC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=metis+essroc+OR+cement+OR+concrete+-%22metis+beach%22&source=bl&ots=EHvVdj5FAn&sig=T0priEe2L0Dc5mzjJSQKwxi0UqM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAr_3Dka3JAhWFGB4KHfGHAoUQ6AEIdDAR#v=onepage&q=metis%20essroc%20OR%20cement%20OR%20concrete%20-%22metis%20beach%22&f=false. Retrieved 2015-11-29. "The Metis was built in 1956 for Canada Steamship. Originally only 258 feet long, she was a typical "canaler," built to operate on the Welland Canal between Lakes Ontario and Erie."
