by Jay Bascom » July 12, 2016, 1:38 pm
Yes, Upper Lakes did. They regularly used James B. Eads, Maunaloa II, Douglass Houghton and John Ericsson to tow barges - usually to Goderich, Sarnia and Port Colborne. The Paterson and Hutchinson fleets used them into the mid-1950s. Q&O and Hindman also used former consort barges in the pulpwood trade but used tugs to tow them rather than powered freighters.
Yes, Upper Lakes did. They regularly used James B. Eads, Maunaloa II, Douglass Houghton and John Ericsson to tow barges - usually to Goderich, Sarnia and Port Colborne. The Paterson and Hutchinson fleets used them into the mid-1950s. Q&O and Hindman also used former consort barges in the pulpwood trade but used tugs to tow them rather than powered freighters.