Boatnerd Discussion Forum

Just finished this list yesterday. Starts in 1979 & goes to now. Have at it:

Buffalo area lay ups:

2-1979:

DETROIT EDISON, Metrorail Terminal
CHARLES C WEST, Advanced Metals dock for scrapping

2-1980:

HARRY COULBY
DETROIT EDISON, Metrorail Terminal
MERLE M. McCURDY, Metrorail Terminal?

2-1981:

JOHN J. BOLAND
HARRY COULBY
ALASTAIR GUTHRIE
WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE

2-1982:

BUFFALO

2-1983:

C.L. AUSTIN
FRANK R. DENTON.

2-1984:

C. L. AUSTIN, Pillsbury Great Northern
FRANK R. DENTON, Pillsbury Great Northern
SAM LAUD

3-1985:

CANADIANA, Bell Slip
ALASTAIR GUTHRIE
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT (II)
SAM LAUD, General Mills Frontier

3-1986:

CANADIANA, Bell Slip
SAM LAUD
MERLE M. McCURDY

2-1987:

CANADIANA, Bell Slip
INDIANA HARBOR, Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT (II)
MERLE M. McCURDY
HENRY STEINBRENNER

3-1988:

BLOCK ISLAND, Metrorail Terminal
CANADIANA, Bell Slip
HENRY STEINBRENNER

3-1989:

KINSMAN INDEPENDENT (III)
HENRY STEINBRENNER
AMERICANA, Metrorail Terminal

3-1990

KINSMAN INDEPENDENT (III), Lake & Rail
KINSMAN ENTERPRISE Pillsbury Great Northern
AMERICANA, Metrorail Terminal

2-91

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE
(Indy grounded 11-90, wintered in Thunder Bay)
AMERICANA, Metrorail Terminal

2-92:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, Gateway Metroport
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT

2-93:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Lake & Rail

2-94

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT

2-1995:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, Gateway Metroport
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Lake & Rail

2-1996

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, Gateway Metroport
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Gateway Metroport
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Gateway dock Union Ship Canal

2-1997:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, Port Terminal 'A'
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Lake & Rail
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2-1998:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, General Mills Frontier
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Lake & Rail
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2-1999:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, General Mills Frontier
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Lake & Rail
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator
LANSDOWNE, Killian Bulk Transport (Union Furnace dock)

2-2000:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, Port Terminal 'A'
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, General Mills Frontier
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2-2001:

KINSMAN ENTERPRISE, Port Terminal 'A'
KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, General Mills Frontier
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2-2002:

KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, General Mills Frontier
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2-2003:

KINSMAN INDEPENDENT, Port Terminal 'A'
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2-2004:

JOESPH H FRANTZ, General Mills Frontier
MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2005:

MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2006:

MARINE STAR/AQUARAMA, Cargil Pool elevator

2007:

LANSDOWNE, BIDCO yard on Ganson St.

2008:

LANSDOWNE, Cargil Pool elevator

2009-2012, No lay ups

2013:

SEA EAGLE II - ST. MARY's CEMENT II, Gateway Metroport Main Dock, mid-Summer for engine repairs

2014, No lay ups

2015- :

SS COLUMBIA, Marine 'A' elevator

2018:

ALGOMA HARVESTER, Gateway Metroport Main Dock, 11 days in early July for rudder post repairs

2021:

VICTORY - MAUMEE, General Mills Frontier

This was on the Boatnerd News Page Jan 12

Buffalo, NY – Brian R Wroblewski
Victory-Maumee was assisted up the Buffalo River & the City Ship Canal by the tug Vermont at 4:30PM Monday for the General Mills Frontier Elevator. They have Buffalo's first storage load for winter lay up here since the Joseph H. Frantz in 2004. The cargo may possibly be unloaded some time in February. This was the latest I've ever seen a vessel arrive for Buffalo in my 30 years of watching boats here. The only other time one showed up around here this far into January was an occasional salt run into Lackawanna. At 815-feet overall length with the tug in the notch, the Victory-Maumee became the longest vessel to ever go up the Buffalo River/City Ship Canal. This is the first time ever that an ATB will be unloading at the Frontier Elevator and it's the Victory-Maumee's first trip ever to Buffalo since the barge was converted from the old freighter Reserve. It's also the first time in about 50 years that a tug-barge unit has been laid up for winter in the City Ship Canal. The last one was the old Wiltranco back in the late 60s/early 70s era.

I see the Victory / Maumee have laid up in Buffalo, I don’t remember any boats wintering here in the past. Does anyone know the last ship to lay up there and how long ago that was? Thanks