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Leviathan: 1905

Submitted by Dave on Sun, 10/03/2010 - 11:57pm.
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Ecorse, Michigan, 1905. "S.S. William G. Mather, stern view before launch." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

Ecorse, Michigan, 1905. "S.S. William G. Mather, stern view before launch." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

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Watch out for that first step!

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 7:16am.

I'd close that hatch, but then again, I'm all about safety.

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Lots of steel close by

Submitted by Wyandotte on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 9:20pm.

In all my 40+ years of living in Detroit, I never knew that they ever built ships like this in Ecorse (downriver). I guess it helps explain why Great Lakes Steel and McLouth Steel were just a few miles away. I'd always thought their steel was primarily for the automotive industry, although it had always looked like the steel plants were much larger than they needed to be. Does anybody know just how long shipbuilding of this size continued in Ecorse?

[Great Lakes Engineering Works, also known as GLEW, was in business from 1902 to 1960. Photos here and here on Shorpy. - Dave]

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Props

Submitted by Banderboy on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 12:20pm.

I wonder how they determined the exact number of poles needed to hold that beast up. They look a little spindly to my lubber eyes.

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S.S. William G. Mather 1905-1996

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 11:49am.

This bulk carrier had four names over the course of its long life.

Launched October 1905 as the William G. Mather. Named after the owner of the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company.
1925: Renamed J.H. Sheadle when the second William G. Mather (currently a floating museum) was launched.
1955: Renamed H.L. Gobeille.
1965: Renamed Nicolet.
1996: Scrapped in Port Maitland, Ontario.

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William G. Mather

Submitted by Don Henderson on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 10:20am.

This ship is still around and on display in Cleveland behind the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

http://www.greatscience.com/mather_museum.php

[Same name, but not the same ship. - Dave]

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Not the 1925 version?

Submitted by Jon on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 9:25am.

This appears to be a different "William G. Mather" than the one all over Google:

http://www.hnsa.org/ships/mather.htm

The one here and Google image results of the stern of the 1925-built one have some significant differences. Yet both were built in Ecorse, Michigan, and I find no other reference to more than one "William G. Mather" in ship form.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

[Google and ye shall find. - Dave]

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Long gestation

Submitted by Papa Bear on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 7:34am.

I believe the William G Mather was "born" in 1925.

http://wgmather.nhlink.net/wgmqf.shtml

[Not the same boat. - Dave]

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Size matters

Submitted by JennyPennifer on Mon, 10/04/2010 - 7:31am.

Wow. Difficult to even imagine standing beside something that huge. Must have been a little scary for the men who were dwarfed by this massive thing they'd helped to build ... or perhaps would help to crew.

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