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| [[File:Bradley Transportation - SS Calcite 1951.jpg|75px]] || ''Calcite'' || 1912 || 1960 ||
| [[File:Bradley Transportation - SS Calcite 1951.jpg|75px]] || ''SS Calcite'' || 1912 || 1960 ||
* Scrapped in 1961.
* Scrapped in 1961.
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| || ''W. F. White'' || 1915 || 1976 ||
| || ''SS W. F. White'' || 1915 || 1976 ||
* Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed ''Erindale''.
* Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed ''Erindale''.
* Scrapped in 1984.
* Scrapped in 1984.
|-
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| || ''Irvin L. Clymer'' || 1917 || 1990 ||
| || ''SS Irvin L. Clymer'' || 1917 || 1990 ||
* Initially named ''Carl D. Bradley''.
* Initially named ''Carl D. Bradley''.
* Renamed ''John G. Munson'' in 1927.
* Renamed ''John G. Munson'' in 1927.
* Scrapped in 1994.
* Scrapped in 1994.
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| || ''SS Rogers City'' || 1923 ||1981 ||
* Scrapped in 1988
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| || ''SS T. W. Robinson'' || 1925 ||1982 ||
* Scrapped in 1987
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| || ''[[SS Carl D. Bradley]]'' || 1927 ||1958 ||
* Sank in storm 1958
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| || ''[[SS Cedarville]]'' || 1927 ||1965 ||
* Sank after collision 1965
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Revision as of 23:12, 25 November 2021

Bradley Transportation Company
Company typeSubsidiary of Michigan Limestone
IndustryShipping
Founded1912
Defunct1981
HeadquartersRogers City, Michigan
Area served
Great Lakes
Key people
Carl D. Bradley
(President)
ParentUnited 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] The Bradley Trans Co. was later merged with the U.S. Steel Great Lakes Fleet during the early 1980s.[3]

History

Fleet

Bradley fleet
image name launch
date		 retired notes
SS Calcite 1912 1960
  • Scrapped in 1961.
SS W. F. White 1915 1976
  • Sold to Reoch Transports in 1976 and renamed Erindale.
  • Scrapped in 1984.
SS Irvin L. Clymer 1917 1990
  • Initially named Carl D. Bradley.
  • Renamed John G. Munson in 1927.
  • Scrapped in 1994.
SS Rogers City 1923 1981
  • Scrapped in 1988
SS T. W. Robinson 1925 1982
  • Scrapped in 1987
SS Carl D. Bradley 1927 1958
  • Sank in storm 1958
SS Cedarville 1927 1965
  • Sank after collision 1965

References

  1. ^ Van Heest, V. O. (2012). Lost & Found: Legendary Lake Michigan Shipwrecks. In-Depth Editions. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-09801750-5-9.
  2. ^ Micketti, Gerald (1995), The Bradley boats, G.F. Micketti, retrieved 9 January 2019
  3. ^ French, David. "United States Steel, Great Lakes Fleet".
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