Adam E. Cornelius (1908 ship)
The Adam E. Cornelius, launched by the American Steamship Company, was named after one of the firm's two founding directors.[1][2][3] The vessel was launched in 1908.
She was lengthened to 425 feet (130 m) in 1942 when she was retro-fitted with self-unloading machinery.[1][3] In 1948 she was renamed the Detroit Edison, after the firm which was her primary client, and another vessel assumed the name Adam E. Cornelius. In 1954, she was renamed George F. Rand. In 1962 she was purchased by the Reoch Steamship Company, which renamed her the Avondale and was registered in Hamilton, Bermuda. In 1974 Reoch Steamship Company was reorganized as Westdale Shipping Company. The Westdale Shipping Company had moored the vessel in Port Colborne, Ontario, in 1975 after the hull was condemned. Sold to Marine Salvage Ltd. and it was there that she caught fire in 1978, set by vandals. In 1979 the hulk was towed away to Spain and scrapped.
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Roy McGrath. "The Captain Remembers". Great Lakes Pilot. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
Boland & Cornelius (1) new freighter was launched May the 2nd, 1908 and went into operation as the Adam E. Cornelius.
- ^ "M/V Adam E. Cornelius". American Steamship Company. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
The M/V Adam E. Cornelius is powered by two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines. The vessel uses a conveyor system below its cargo holds to transport cargo to an inclined conveyor system that elevates the cargo to the deck-mounted boom conveyor. For maneuvering in port, the vessel is equipped with 1,000 HP bow and stern thrusters.
- ^ a b George Wharton. "Adam E. Cornelius -- (Roger M. Kyes 1973 - 1989)". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2014-07-03. Retrieved 2015-01-01.