Bradley Transportation Company
Appearance
Company type | Subsidiary of Michigan Limestone |
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Industry | Shipping |
Founded | 1912 |
Defunct | 1981 |
Headquarters | Rogers City, Michigan |
Area served | Great Lakes |
Key people | Carl D. Bradley (President) |
Parent | United States Steel Corporation |
The Bradley Transportation Company, was an American shipping company that was a subsidiary of the Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company and handled its shipment of limestone to its parent company U.S. Steel. It boasted a large fleet of self-unloading lakers that were ordered specifically for the company.[1][2][dead link] The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.[3]
Fleet
[edit]image | name | launch date |
retired | notes |
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SS Calcite | 1912 | 1960 |
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SS W. F. White | 1915 | 1976 |
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SS Irvin L. Clymer | 1917 | 1990 |
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SS Rogers City | 1923 | 1981 |
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SS T. W. Robinson | 1925 | 1982 |
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SS Carl D. Bradley | 1927 | 1958 |
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SS Cedarville | 1927 | 1965 |
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SS John G. Munson | 1952 | present |
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M/V Calcite II | 1929 | 2011 |
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M/V Myron C. Taylor | 1929 | 2007 |
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SS George A. Sloan | 1943 | 2023 |
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References
[edit]- ^ Van Heest, V. O. (2012). Lost & Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks. In-Depth Editions. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-09801750-5-9.
- ^ Micketti, Gerald (1995), The Bradley boats, G.F. Micketti, retrieved 9 January 2019
- ^ French, David. "United States Steel, Great Lakes Fleet".