Kicking it down! The Arthur M Anderson Departs Duluth. The Bridge initiates a 2nd Salute!! 032721

Putting the "pedal" down to the boards....the Anderson spinning up the turbine on the turn from the Harbor to the Duluth Canal, on the way out to Conneaut with the iron ore they loaded at the CN Gravity Chutes. They shared the dock with the CSL Spruceglen (Spruceglen was loading at the conveyor shuttles) and beat them out of town.

As for the 2 salutes! The Anderson initiates the 1st one, the second one was initiated by the Aerial Bridge, a rare occurrence. So nice of the Anderson to reply back!

This is the end of the Anderson's first visit to Duluth for the season.

I hope to get to see her many more times this year!

A little info I found on Conneaut from the USAC site:

Conneaut Harbor, OH

Harbor Features
 Located on Lake Erie in the city of
Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio
 Authorization: River & Harbor Acts of
1910, 1917, 1935 and 1962
 Deep draft commercial harbor
 Authorized depths are 22-28 feet in the
outer harbor and 27 feet in the inner harbor
 Five year average (2008-2012) tonnage of
4.0M tons of material shipped and received
 Ranked 13th among the Great Lakes
Harbors based on five year average (2008-
2012) tonnage
 80th leading U.S. port in 2012
 Interconnected with 12 commercial ports:
ships to 2 ports, and receives from 10 ports
 Over 2.2 miles of breakwater structures
 142 acre outer harbor and 2,450 feet of
Federal channel in the inner harbor channel
 Major stakeholders include U.S. Steel,
Conneaut Port Authority, U.S. Coast Guard,
and the Pittsburgh and Conneaut Dock
Company
Project Requirements
 Approximately 120,000 cubic yards (CY)
of material must be dredged every 2-3 years.
The harbor was last dredged in 2013 when
approximately 135,000 CY of material was
removed.
 Sections of the East and West
Breakwaters are deteriorated and in need of
repairs.
Consequences of Not Maintaining the Project
 Reduction of bulk commodities that pass
through the harbor and generate $175M
annually in direct revenue while supporting
504 direct, indirect, and induced jobs that
produce over $45M per year in personal
income

 Light loading; losses of between 1 and 2
feet of channel depth would result in increased
transportation costs of between $376,000 and
$1,597,000 annually
 If the harbor was closed to commercial
traffic, commodities would have to be
transported by rail and truck. This would
increase annual emission rates by over 56,830
tons of harmful particulate matter (PM-10) and
increase costs by $3,446,000 due to increased
railroad related accidents, and $779,000 due to
increased trucking related accidents
Transportation Importance
 Major receiving and shipping port on the
Great Lakes; and Harbor of Refuge
 Commodities shipped or received include
coal, iron ore, limestone, lime, ores and
minerals

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