by William Lafferty » September 14, 2015, 3:32 pm
The last vessel constructed at Manitowoc, a hydraulic barge for Luedtke Engineering of Frankfort, was launched 16 March 1972, hull no. 439 and named Scow 17. It was built specifically for the construction of the Ludington Pump Storage Plant. Removal of the floating drydock sections and other equipment to Sturgeon Bay had already begun. Miscellaneous repair work continued until then, including the ill-fated refurbishing of the City of Saginaw 31 begun in July 1971. A number of vessels had been laid up there around around that time, including the American and Taurus.
The last vessel constructed at Manitowoc, a hydraulic barge for Luedtke Engineering of Frankfort, was launched 16 March 1972, hull no. 439 and named [i]Scow 17[/i]. It was built specifically for the construction of the Ludington Pump Storage Plant. Removal of the floating drydock sections and other equipment to Sturgeon Bay had already begun. Miscellaneous repair work continued until then, including the ill-fated refurbishing of the [i]City of Saginaw 31[/i] begun in July 1971. A number of vessels had been laid up there around around that time, including the [i]American[/i] and [i]Taurus[/i].