  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6046 Registered: 10-2003 |
Here is 1962's P.D.J. | ||
Jsmyers Member Username: Jsmyers Post Number: 1816 Registered: 12-2003 |
Great pic! This (and other skyline shots from around that time) remind me of how civic center developments and then the RenCen construction shifted the core of downtown away from Campus Martius and towards the River. Part of this shift was an increase in auto-centricity, with the Lodge, Jefferson being widened, and 375. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4534 Registered: 11-2003 |
jsmeyers knows Detroit history. Exactly. Thanks to johnS and AIW for the PDJ. This is a hull of a ship. Great history. jjaba. LOL. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4535 Registered: 11-2003 |
Compared to a downtown Detroit City Block, how long is this ship? jjaba. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1449 Registered: 11-2003 |
My 1963 (60th Edition) copy of Great Lakes Red Book ( the official guide back then) shows the STERLING at 730 foot keel length-75 foot beam--39 foot depth.She had 24 hatches. F. J. Riedy was her Captain and John M. Doyle was her first engineer. So do I get a prize? | ||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 139 Registered: 03-2006 |
Very cool pic. | ||
Douglasm Member Username: Douglasm Post Number: 723 Registered: 10-2003 |
Great picture. Thanks for posting it, Andrew. The pic reminded me that our local paper (Wenatchee [WA] World) ran a Chicago Tribune story about the 40th anniversery of the sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell off Grindstone City Nov. 29, 1966. The article features Dennis J. Hale (66, Rock Creek, Ohio), the only survivor of the wreck that killed 28. | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4537 Registered: 11-2003 |
The Rock IS a prize. He's a Forum keepsake. jjaba. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1451 Registered: 11-2003 |
Mr. W.A. Sterling, for whom the vessel was named, was a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Engineering (1916),and later became president of the Cleveland Cliffs Steamship Company. He was born in the Upper Peninsula. | ||
Jiminnm Member Username: Jiminnm Post Number: 1132 Registered: 02-2005 |
If that is 1962, then One Woodward is brand new and probably not occupied (I think that happened in late 1962 and early 1963). | ||
Docmo Member Username: Docmo Post Number: 179 Registered: 10-2005 |
I love that you can see the Wayne County building in that photo. | ||
Harsensis Member Username: Harsensis Post Number: 119 Registered: 07-2005 |
The current Captain on this freighter is a great guy. He is very friendly to everyone he passes. |
