@@acts2211 Possibly it's what was ordered by Interlake for the horns; and the horns on lakers are "massive" compared to a railroad locomotive horn; two trumpets are almost 8 ft long & need a MASSIVE airtank if you were to put them onto a pickup as a novelty. A guy dropped a 4 cylinder Detroit Diesel into a pickup & he put twin turbos onto it & he saw a guy was selling the horns off of the American Fortitude; a retired laker that went overseas for scrapping.
@@acts2211 The deep two-tone horns belong to the ship, the horns that sound like a train locomotive belong to the vertical lift bridge. It's sort of a tradition in Duluth that the ships coming and going give the bridge a horn salute on their way through, and the bridge answers back. Sort of like "Thanks for lifting out of our way!" "You're welcome. Welcome to the port!" (or "Have a safe journey!)" This practice sort of harkens back to the pre-radio days of the ships using whistle signals to request that the bridge lift for them. Of course these days with radar, radio communication, and location transponder signals (AIS) the lifts are arranged well in advance and the use of horns is more of a way to say hi/thank you/you're welcome.
Absolutely awesome and that swell is just coming out of the harbour! I had heard that the bridge horn had been replaced for a wimpy one. Read it on a comment somewhere. Have they put the original one back?
LOL LOL - nothing like a cold wave flying through the air right at you! Happy New Year, Paul. Thanks for all the incredibly good videos! You are NO. 1 among many.
One of your best. How did you not get swept off your feet? I live a few hours from the coast & the news folk always remind us to never turn your back on the sea. How could these folk keep walking with this "wavage" behind them? My heart is still pounding!
Please tell me the lady giving the ship information sits in the little boat on dry land at side of the harbour wall and presses a big red button to give the horn reply.
I am always in awe of that canal and loved watching ships go through. I have sometimes wondered if anyone accidentally got swept in by the waves, as there are ladders there to climb out with.
Your last couple videos show the water very high in the channel. Is the lake level high right now or is it due to the monster storm front that went thru. I remember being there as a kid in the 70 's with calm water and it would seem that the water usually was about 10' lower on the sea wall
@@tommcadam9897 I now live in central Illinois, but grew up close to Cloquet and some summer weekend shopping trip to Duluth include a trip to cancel park to watch ships and dip toes in the big girl. Cold as begebies as I remember
@@tommcadam9897 Aaah. Yes. The physical abilities of youth are long past me as well. At one time I could swim the length if an Olympic size pool on one breath. Can hardly walk across living room on 3 breaths now. Oh but what a life with clean air up north, cool summers and cold winter's.
the good ol days when your start your turn on a buoy a quarter mile before you hit it... I sailed on the ss meldrum bay for 4 yrs before industry went down hill with foreign registry was a great life and i miss her but ya roll with the punchs
Incredibly awesome video. The size of it! I noticed in another video you uploaded, a different ship that also blew the horn as it passed under the bridge. Excuse my ignorance, but why is it done? Thanks.
The Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center is the building behind the little tug boat. There is person in there that gives info over the loudspeaker. Also some neat stuff to look at in there as well. The whole Canal Park area is nice.
@@PaulScinocca Found this link, thanks. www.pacificgreentechnologies.com/envi-marine/?gclid=CjwKCAiA0svwBRBhEiwAHqKjFlBwI8BEPAWHnmwu39UUsbEs-YJ354pzqF4Kl0DEggNLXLskkZjBZRoCMjMQAvD_BwE
Hey just a question, why is the water to turbulent? Is this bc the ship is headed to open water? As opposed to in controlled lockes and can al ways? Great video!
Oh neat! The big boats we have here on Lake Ontario, I have only seen them in the channels so the water is always very calm. It’s crazy to see it this way. Thanks for the info!
Wow, the walkway (and the land beyond it in the camera’s field of view) appears to be below the level of the water. Seems like an awfully thin concrete barrier preventing a whole lot of flooding, especially considering the size and mass of the ships frequently passing by.
Optical illusion, the water on a calm day is about 10' below the walkway, maybe 7' on a day like in this video. They have scupper holes about every 80' to drain rain water, wave water.
Proper built ships last the distance being on the great lakes must make them last longer,, than 10 to 15 years old getting put into scrap yard in India and Turkey,, good American steel, ☘️☘️☘️☘️👍👍👍🚢🚢 from Northern Ireland greatly appreciated thank you for the video awesome viewing
We get a few good events like this every season, when the vessels start moving again it is well past the big waves. They stay hunkered down in the harbor to wait out the storms.
The James R. Barker has to be also an ocean going motor ship, with its cabins, controls and all of the machinery at the stern end. The freighters that are on the Great Lakes exclusively have quarters in the bow as well as the propulsion machinery in the stern, but can also be 1000 feet or longer as well. All of that weight displaces a lot of water, especially going through locks or entering or leaving a channel, so that is why the waves splash so high, as well as why they had to wait until the wind died down before being able to leave harbor and go out to lake.
actually the laker style is the one with the cabins forward, and the 1000'+ ships stay on the great lakes, they are too big to fit through the locks to get to the ocean, that and the ocean would break them in half due to the length
@@adamt4742 Part of that is true (too long to fit in the locks to leave the Great Lakes). The other part is false as there have been quite a lot of 1000' and longer ocean passenger liners, cruise ships, tankers, and other bulk carriers that enable worldwide shipping of just about everything, so they wouldn't easily break apart crossing the worlds oceans.
Before Covid, they had raffles to win a trip on a few of the lakers, generally speaking aside from that special option, no they do not accept paying customers
Just catching up again Paul. I was freeamericausa1. RU-vid did something on July 4, 2021 to eliminate my other handle. If you read this...Great work as usual. PEACE.
