Elmer Engman, our Duluth correspondent, reports that the ALGOMA BUFFALO left Duluth on May 9th with a cargo of taconite.
The ALGOMA BUFFALO was built by the Bay Shipbuilding Company at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., in 1978 as BUFFALO. Built for the American Steamship Company she measures 634 feet 10 inches in length and 68 feet in width. In 2017 she was sold to her current owners, the Algoma Central Corporation, and entered service in 2018 as the ALGOMA BUFFALO. She is mainly used to transport construction materials and road salt.
Photos by Elmer Engman
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Elmer Engman is a long time resident of the Duluth area. He started scuba diving in 1968, because of an interest in maritime history, and wrote the first dive guide for the area called, Shipwreck Guide to the Western Half of Lake Superior. He is a past board member of the SS Meteor Maritime Museum and the Lake Superior Marine Museum Association. He is also the founder of the Maritime history program called “Gales of November”. This will be the 38th of the program held on the second weekend in November.
