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The Freighter Ward Ames

The Freighter Ward Ames

This Month's Great Lakes Namesake Vessel

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Originally Published March 2015 June’s Great Lakes Namesake Vessel is the Ward Ames, named for Duluth grain trader Ward Ames, Jr., a business partner of Julius Barnes. (Learn more about Ames here.) According to the Great Lakes Vessel Index, the Ames was built by the Superior Ship Building Company in Superior, Wisconsin, for the Acme Steamship Company in… Continue Reading

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