Superior is a Serious lake, Great Vid at the lift bridge, Duluth. About seven Coal trains in that Laker, loads in less than two shifts, with about 4 people. Miracle of engineering.
I’m in total awe at the size of this ship! Wow! Couple years ago I was offered an aviation maintenance job in Duluth& was anticipating watching the ships come in. Was also looking foreword to escaping Central Texas heat. But Lockheed Martin Texas got me with an offer I couldn’t refuse. I still want to stand here & watch these marvelous ships come in, but your excellent videos will suffice for now.
@@alaricdogface It's nice now, but only for a month or so on each side of Summer. I'd gladly send some of the 100+ degree days were about to have, for 4 months it rarely goes below 95, usually around 100. I love Texas, but the heat get's miserable. Bet I'd tire of Duluth's cold, but I'd prefer cold and snow and ice over blistering, cloudless, rainless heat June-September!
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This boat, as they are called on the Great lakes is 105 feet wide and 1013.6 feet long. It is so big it's stuck on the lakes, because it won't fit in the locks that lead to the oceans.
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AWESOME WAVE ACTION! You Sir, transport me and I feel like I'm looking through your eyes (which I guess all film making is) I love just hearing the sounds and seeing the boats with no tawking! thanks so much!
I have a picture of the Paul R.Tregurtha when I up at Sault Ste.Marie, Michigan. I took a picture 📷of the Paul R. Tregurtha. And she fit on the picture. The Queen 👸was heading up bound and she fit in the Poe Lock, the lock for the 1,000 foot freighters.
Wow this is amazing I see why the locals come to gather to see the big lake freighters come in I live i n Ky and I have never seen nothin g like this I want very much one d ay to see the Lakes and the ore bo ats come in
Funny how people that live on the great lakes just take them for grantit . I live in Milwaukee , and barely look at the lake . Guess I should get down to the lake front a little more often . Sometimes we don't appreciate something until we don't have it .
I'd love to ride experience a ride on one of it's runs across the lake. I've been on the Badger and the Sparton when it was still running and they are pretty cool but this ship is way bigger so a ride on the Tregurtha has to be awesome especially on rough water.
The bigger ships, by seeing them, the viewer gets some unknown respect for the ship, the makers of the ship and the captain ! The ship is looking majestic and commands respect from the viewer. Keep it up !
alaricdogface - I love waves! They’re great here in DE in the summer. If that darn lake wasn’t so cold, I’d swim in it in a minute- the water is so beautiful 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
A view from the recliner. What is that gash on the port side about 50ft. from the bow? Is it a hole or a deep scrape? It doesn't look too good, but it must not be anything or they would get it fixed. I've seen it several times and wonder about it.
These massive, but beautiful ships, I think, are specifically designed and constructed for great lakes and river navigation. Are they capable of oceanic voyaging? As always , yet another lovely video.
These big ones won't fit through the last locks going out to the St Lawrence Seaway, and they probably wouldn't last too long out there without some adjustments and refittings.
Excellent video - those ships are awesome! I suppose most of them are carrying iron ore (taconite) to Cleveland and other smelters - do they return empty?
@@alaricdogface In Mauritania, the 3-mile long iron ore train brings magnetite to the port, a 19 hour journey, and returns with diesel oil. Seems a shame to have to move a ship such a long distance empty!
@@karhukivi Floating cargo is by far the cheapest way to move stuff so it is actually still worth it to the companies to send an empty ship to get 60,000 tons of iron ore.
My gosh! That is the longest ship I have ever seen. I am surprised there are no tugs guiding her. The helm must be steering by plumb line! What is her length?
Is the honking of the horn a greeting as they enter the gate? How long does it take the front end to respond if the boat is steered from the rear? You can tell I'm a real layman. Always admired these beauties. Only saw them from afar when I was young.
The horn is a captain's salute, a greeting to the bridge operator, after which the bridge responds in kind. The boat's rudder is on the back and a turn will cause the back end to swing one way while the front end swings the other so they can turn fairly quickly. Some boats also have a bow thruster on the side which will shoot the front end left or right as needed.
